how to create white letters on transparent background

[Shandor]

I need to create white letters on a transparent background, but don't know how. You can't see white letters on a white background, and if I set the layer to invisible I can't see the letters either. I've tried various suggestions in forum posts but nothing seems to work or to be clear enough to understand. Can anyone help with simple instructions?

 

Thanks!

[xod]

1. Change Background color with Paint Bucket

2. Add a new layer

3. Type your text

4. Delete background

5. Save as PNG

 

[Shandor]

Thanks for the tip. I had trouble doing that because I couldn't figure out how to delete the background. But I did find a way to do it. I created a file that was the size I wanted, then clicked on it with the magic wand and then clicked "delete". The field became transparent. Then I typed the letters in black, because it was hard to see white letters on the checkerboard background. When I was all done I used "invert colors", with white being the secondary color. That worked just fine.

[Ego Eram Reputo]

Thanks for the tip. I had trouble doing that because I couldn't figure out how to delete the background. 

 

1. Activate the background layer by clicking on it in the Layers Window.

 

2. Press Ctrl + A  (Select All)

 

3. Press Delete.

 

Much easier than your workaround

[Shandor]

Thank you, that is easier and I also learned how to select all, which is valuable in other tasks too.