Cutting and Filling Type
The words you paste onto a picture might be filled with meaning. They can also be filled with pictures. Here's how to do some of my favorite Photoshop tricks.
Half the battle is finding a picture to work with. The other half is finding a nice fat typeface that leaves plenty of room for your pictures to show through. In this case, I'm using a photo of a pile of maple leaves.
First, I click the Type tool and hold down the mouse button to select the Type Mask tool, which is used for making type-shaped selection marquees. I've selected a bold face called Fat Man. To make it even bolder, I'll select Faux Bold from the Character palette's pop-up menu, shown in Figure 17.15. Check out the other character options on this menu, ...
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