sherifffruitfly Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 Hi all, I'm about the furthest thing from a graphic designer, but I've been asked to make a blurb that is done with text formatted exactly how this is: http://img638.imageshack.us/img638/751/lined.jpg Same size, color, typeface, shadow, etc. Is there a way to do this that does require like 6 hours of guessing? Gratefully open to suggestions, sff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyrochild Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 Size: usually the simplest way is by trial and error. Type the same word on a separate layer right on top of the original and play with the size until it matches. Color: Use the eyedropper tool in Paint.NET to pick up the exact color. Typeface: Use a site like WhatTheFont to upload the image and try to auto-detect the font, or use Identifont to answer questions about the letters to figure out what font it is. Shadow: Use a dropshadow plugin. Search the plugins section of the forum for one. Quote ambigram signature by Kemaru [i write plugins and stuff] If you like a post, upvote it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarkut Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 Here's a good way to cut down the time that this will take: Ask the person, who has asked you to do this, what font it is. If they don't know, send them to Dafont.com . Have them choose a free sans-serif font that they think matches well enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sherifffruitfly Posted March 24, 2011 Author Share Posted March 24, 2011 Thanks both of you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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