Funky Text Effect

This tutorial will show you how to create a text style like this one, using Adobe Photoshop.

Final results preview

Let’s start by creating a new document (size doesn’t really matter). Select the Text tool and choose a font and a color (I chose orange) for your text. Now type your text but between each letter enter a space. For example for this tutorial I typed C “space” O “space” O “space” L “space” “space” T “space” E “space” X “space” T

example text

Hit Ctrl-J twice two duplicate your text layer two times. Now you shouls have three copies of the text layer.
Select the middle one and apply a stroke. In this case I used a 3pixels stroke but that depends on the size of the text and your own preference.

middle layer stroke

Select the bottom text layer, apply a stroke of a different color and make sure that the size of the stroke is bigger than that of the middle layer

bottom layer stroke

You should now have something like that

double stroked text

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13 Responses to “Funky Text Effect”

  1. San Says:

    nice tutorial, simple and impressive.

  2. dipesh Says:

    nice tutorial.

  3. marie Says:

    cool

  4. Ilijas Says:

    After your step where I merged Visible Layers, I have locked layer.

    and go to Layers -> Merge Visible Layers

    So, I am not able to maek next step

    Then apply a gradient overlay style on the merged layers

    There is locker sign on the layer and when I bring the mouse to, tip says “Indicated layer is partialy locked”

  5. Dimitris Says:

    Hi, Ilijas. You should still be able to apply a gradient overlay on the merged layers even if they are partially locked.

  6. Nina Says:

    Very good!

  7. Admin Says:

    this is also a nice one.

  8. SOMEBODY Says:

    awesome man

  9. LeoPipa Says:

    Really nice, what font have you used in your example?

  10. rob Says:

    nice, but yea what font is this?

  11. DULAL KHAN Says:

    REALLY FUNKY.

  12. Mr Hanky Says:

    what font is it? answer or ill g-hat u :P

  13. Dimitris Says:

    It’s the Aardvark Cafe font.

    Sorry that it took me so long to answer

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