Text & Typography
Stop Making Your Text Look Like a 1997 Geocities Site: A Guide to Text Effects That Don't Suck
Stop Making Your Text Look Like a 1997 Geocities Site: A Guide to Text Effects That Don’t Suck Look, I get it. Text effects are fun. Drop shadows, glows, bevels—they’re sitting right there in Photoshop’s Layer Styles panel, practically begging to be clicked. But here’s the thing: just because you can make text look like it’s melting into a neon puddle doesn’t mean you should. I’ve been staring at Photoshop screens for longer than I care to admit, and I’ve learned that the best text effects are the ones that enhance readability, not compete with it.