One of the most rudimentary elements of web design and graphic design is choosing the perfect type. Something as simple as picking the right font is such an important and integral part of design. It helps to create an overall cohesivenessin your project, having the ability to change how one looks at graphic art or a website.

Before YouTube completely takes over the world wide web and all content becomes restricted to videos and podcasts, let’s admire the humble art of type.

It is truly amazing how letters, one of the most basic elements in the human culture, can be so beautiful. That’s the art of typography, and the people who master it deserve admiration and respect no less than painters, architectures, photographers and so on. Every graphic designer deals with the subject sooner or later, but not every graphic designer is a type artist.

Adobe Photoshop has endless possibilities for text effects and we’re always looking for different techniques to apply towards our own projects. With the holidays quickly approaching, it could help you create some pretty amazing text effects. You can use a similar background and general effect on the text itself, but sometimes even the position of light itself can make the difference between night and day.