When you’re finished typing, click the checkmark icon on the Options bar to commit the text (or any changes you made) and to deselect the text. Notice how the Text tool cursor changes to an I-Beam with a path through it.Īs you type you’ll see that your text follows the direction of the path.Ĩ. If you chose a centred text alignment, click near the center of the path you drew, then start typing. If you chose a left text alignment, which is the default alignment, click near the left side of the path with the Text tool, then start typing.
As you are putting text down on a white background, make sure to change your Font Colour to something other than white, otherwise, you won’t be able to see it.ħ. You can always change options settings after you’ve typed the text.
In the Options bar (below), choose options such as font and alignment before you type. Select the Text tool in the Tools panel or press T on the keyboard as a shortcut.Ħ. Draw a simple curved path with the Pen Tool.ĥ. If you choose Path, there will be no colours involved and you will simply draw a path.Ĥ. Otherwise, Photoshop will start to colour-in your curve as you draw it and it can be a bit confusing and difficult to see what you’re doing. If you choose Shape, choose any colour for the Stroke, BUT make sure that the Fill colour is set to none. In the Options Bar at the top of the screen, you can choose either Shape or Path from the first dropdown. Select the Pen tool in the toolbox, or press P as the keyboard shortcut.ģ. I made mine 1000 px x 1000 px at 72 ppi.Ģ.
Otherwise, start here and follow along below.ġ. If you’re brand new to Photoshop or maybe a bit rusty with the the Pen Tool, start off by reading my tutorial on how to create curves with the Pen Tool. If you want to draw a shape and have the text run along it, or even inside it, you can do that using the Photoshop Pen Tools and Shape Tools combined with the Type Tool. Adding text on a path is an important technique for designers.
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