From the course: Motion Graphics for Video Editors: Working with Type
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Setting text and mixing styles
From the course: Motion Graphics for Video Editors: Working with Type
Setting text and mixing styles
- Now that we have our bar element, it's time to add text. Now, there are many ways to add text to a document in Photoshop, but if you're gonna make a template, I'd encourage you to stick with a font that's included with Adobe Creative Cloud. To do this, you can go to the Type menu and choose Add Fonts from Typekit. This'll take you to a new webpage, and you'll see a lot of different fonts available. Feel free to narrow down the search, such as specifying a style, like Serif or Sans Serif, as well as other options, such as a general Weight, and you see that it starts to sort things for you. I like this one here, Motiva Sans, so I'll click to get more details. I see that there are different weights available. This means that I can mix these font family together, using a bolder version and a simpler version. Let's go ahead and sync the bold version here, and I'll simply sign in, using my Creative Cloud ID, and now, it's automatically added. If I wanna get other weights, I can choose…
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