my 2 cents on word art patterns

[cjswoodcrafts]

i use Microsoft word, word art, i insert each letter at a time, then when all the letter are on the page, i will format each letter to take it behind text, that way it will be movable to either enlarge each letter or decrease the size, then i just play around with each letter so that it will look right, then i print it, scan it back to computer, then use gimp paint tool to fill in each letter.i take it to 200% and enlarge the brush to 19 then i start, of course smaller brush for the smaller areas, if there is more then 1 line, i will make most of the letters touch the top line, to give it strength. hope this helps some one, its harder to put in words then actually doing it

[Lastchance]

Nice tip Sir, I will have to give it a try. I tend to freehand most my stuff, but the "WordArt" angle would sure be an interesting thing to try out.

 

Cheers,

 

Chance

[Dan]

Hey Jim,

 

Since you are using MS Word, why not just fill the letters in that program? That would save you from scanning and using another program to add the fill color. Once you have all the letters arranged, you can then group them and resize the word art as needed. That's the way I do it.

 

Dan

[mikesscrollsaw]

great idea thanks