Overlapping text can help give the picture definition and highlights.
The art of typography, which involves mastering all aspects of type or text, from the size to the shape to the style of the letters, can be used to create actual pictures and images. While design software programs such as Adobe Photoshop enable you to do this cleanly on a computer screen, pictures can also be created by text or drawn by hand. Text can also be typed in Microsoft Word, printed and then cut out to form shapes and images. The manner in which you create the pictures is reliant on your personal preferences and the intended look for the artwork.
Instructions
Adobe Photoshop
1. Open a new Adobe Photoshop document, setting the size perimeters to the desired size of the overall picture, such as the standard page size on 8.5 by 11.
2. Select the text tool in the tools palette on the left-hand side of the screen. Edit the color of the text by clicking in the square at the bottom of the tools palette and selecting the color from the window that opens.
3. Edit the typeface, size and style of the font at the top toolbar that opens when the type of tool is selected. This can be changed between each new word or letter that you add onto the page.
4. Click and drag on the screen to open a text box. Type in the text book. Select the arrow tool in the tools palette to move the text around the page or rotate it.
5. Continue adding text to the page and insert it in the appropriate place to form the shape of the picture.
6. Layer text over other text to add shading into the picture. For example, if you are drawing a face and want to add shadowing to the cheekbones, overlap text in that area to create a darkened appearance.
7. Save the file when you have reached the desired layout and print it.
Microsoft Word
8. Sketch the outline of the picture you intend to make on a piece of paper or poster board.
9. Open a new Microsoft Word document and type to fill the page. You may need to fill several pages with type in order to fill the picture, depend on the size of the picture. You can do this by typing new pages or simply printing extra copies of the initial page of text.
10. Print the page or pages of text. Cut out each word of text with scissors or a retractable-blade knife.
11. Glue the cut-out words and letters onto the sketched page, filling in the lines with letters to form an image.
