question about fonts …

Impact font is a bulky sans-serif font that I often use when requiring a thick font in which to paste an image. I’m not sure how much text you’re using, but Impact is a very stout font. Another idea to make the text more readable is to use a drop shadow which will help maintain text definition as the background changes, in color and contrast.

What type of printing are you using? Is this being printed on a home printer or professionally? If it is being printed professionally, in CMYK color, you may want to save the files in PDF format choosing to either embed the fonts in the file, or convert the text to paths and then include vector data. Doing so will help keep the text in a vector shape as opposed to pixels.

Peadge 🙂

"William B. Dennis" wrote in message

Forgive me what must be a horribly newbie-type question.
My partner and I are using Photoshop Elements to publish a small community newspaper. We are using P.E. 2.0 to work with the images before we print them. We’re trying to superimpose words onto the images, but we are having a tough time getting them to show up well after publication. If the words are are either too dark or too light, which makes them hard to read. It seems a good solution would be to use fonts that that are basically letters in outline.

Do any of the experts here have any suggestions for bold sans-serif fonts that could be used for this purpose?

Thanks in advance for any help that is offered.

And any advice or sites that tell how to photoshop images for use in newspapers would also be appreciated.

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"William B. Dennis" wrote:

My partner and I are using Photoshop Elements to publish a small community newspaper. We are using P.E. 2.0 to work with the images before we print them. We’re trying to superimpose words onto the images, but we are having a tough time getting them to show up well after publication. If the words are are either too dark or too light,

Are you doing typesetting in Photoshop Elements? Why?

What about making first a semi transparent white box and within that space using a black font for your copy?
"William B. Dennis" wrote in message

Forgive me what must be a horribly newbie-type question.
My partner and I are using Photoshop Elements to publish a small community newspaper. We are using P.E. 2.0 to work with the images before we print them. We’re trying to superimpose words onto the images, but we are having a tough time getting them to show up well after publication. If the words are are either too dark or too light, which makes them hard to read. It seems a good solution would be to use fonts that that are basically letters in outline.

Do any of the experts here have any suggestions for bold sans-serif fonts that could be used for this purpose?

Thanks in advance for any help that is offered.

And any advice or sites that tell how to photoshop images for use in newspapers would also be appreciated.

It may be a question of using the correct software for the job you wish to do.

Some of the effects may be quite sophisticated in effect and in obtaining them

For example – delicate background image placed on full 2 page spread with 2 column text and centrally located column for cropped images.

Means … (correct me if I am wrong peeps)
1 – prepare all the images in PSE

2 – close PSE

3 – open DTP software

4 – apply background image obtained in (1) to the 2 pages in question, Drat! Hiccup! This DTP program will not allow various opacity levels. so

4a – open PSE, open background image, adjust opacity, save image and import it as background image

5 – go to text colums Drat – this DTP isn’t very good with text input. Open fave word processor put the text in, save then import text to the columns

6, 7 etc and so forth – well you see, it aint easy, can be complicated and can be real creative fun

Have fun!

Aerticeus

"William B. Dennis" wrote in message

Forgive me what must be a horribly newbie-type question.
My partner and I are using Photoshop Elements to publish a small community newspaper. We are using P.E. 2.0 to work with the images before we print them. We’re trying to superimpose words onto the images, but we are having a tough time getting them to show up well after publication. If the words are are either too dark or too light, which makes them hard to read. It seems a good solution would be to use fonts that that are basically letters in outline.

Do any of the experts here have any suggestions for bold sans-serif fonts that could be used for this purpose?

Thanks in advance for any help that is offered.

And any advice or sites that tell how to photoshop images for use in newspapers would also be appreciated.

"William B. Dennis" …

Forgive me what must be a horribly newbie-type question.
My partner and I are using Photoshop Elements to publish a small community newspaper. We are using P.E. 2.0 to work with the images before we print them. We’re trying to superimpose words onto the images, but we are having a tough time getting them to show up well after publication. If the words are are either too dark or too light, which makes them hard to read. It seems a good solution would be to

use

fonts that that are basically letters in outline.

Do any of the experts here have any suggestions for bold sans-serif fonts that could be used for this purpose?

Thanks in advance for any help that is offered.

And any advice or sites that tell how to photoshop images for use in newspapers would also be appreciated.

You might:
Write the text in a color, let’s use red. Than select all red, enlarge the selected size with 2 or 4 pixels, than delete. Now you have a oversized text in background color. Now write the text in black.

But:
You shouldn’t make a newsletter in a pixel-orientated program. A cheap solution is to use Word, or WordPerfect.
A better solution is using CorelDraw (versions 6, 7, 9 or 11 are perfect and cheap to get)
Try to get Adobe’s PageMaker (version 4, 6.5 or 7)

Or… get a specialist to do this for you.
Such a DTP-person isn’t this expensive, I assure you.

Regards,
Frans