Create Text On A Path In Photoshop Elements

We thought we’d give you a little gift this week. It’s a lesson from our online digital design class about putting text on a path. You can see how we teach online. In our class, you receive a video lesson and a handout with each topic along with access to a classroom website to post your questions and (egads!) homework. Before we get to the class information, let’s answer the burning question of what is text on a path!

Examples

Text on a path simply means that the text follows a specific path. This comes in handy when you want to write text to follow the lines of a specific item. In the examples below, you can see where text makes up Nobel laureate Bob Dylan‘s hair or creates the lines of a bicycle. We found these examples in magazines. Text on a path is everywhere! Someday maybe the Pixeladies will find the time to create a whole image using only text text on a path.

In this close-up, you can see that Dylan’s head is full of the people who have influenced his music.

In this close-up of the Celebrex ad, the phrases “understand the risks” and “feel the benefits” are typed out to create all the shapes in the ad.

Free Lesson

We hope you enjoy this free lesson. Click on the link below to see the 16-minute video. You can download the handout here. Learn more design tricks in our next digital design class, which begins April 5. Click here for more information and to register. We hope to “see” you soon!