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Creative Lettering: Changing Text Colors in Paint Shop Pro

From Arizona Kate, for About.com

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Adding Outlines and Fills to Individual Characters

Adding Outlines and Fills to Characters
In addition to changing the color of each character, we can also select a gradient or pattern fill or add some texture.

To add an outline, just select a stroke color (foreground) from the Materials Palette. To change the width of the outline, select the entire word or just one letter and right click to choose Properties. Change stroke width in Vector Property dialog box.

In the image above, I added a rainbow gradient fill to the letters with a different angle chosen for each letter in the word.

To further customize our Creative Lettering, we could also change the size and shape of each letter. We'll cover that topic in more detail in another Creative Lettering lesson!

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