No one can tell your story better than you! The pixels2Pages team is here to help you tell it practically and creatively. Text can be decorative and/or functional, and Artisan 5 has many ways for you to add text to your pages and to manipulate it until it looks the way you imagined it. On this Resource page, we have organized the p2P offerings about using text in Artisan 5 into several groups and sections.
First, you’ll see a section called Fundamentals which is our Core Training. We’ve grouped tips and videos that cover the fundamentals of adding text to pages in Artisan 5, and we’ve broken them down into several sections. Once you have mastered these basics, you’ll be ready for ways to apply what you’ve learned by continuing to Applications which is the Creative Know How section. Here you’ll find videos, Bright Ideas, and a few tips that will illustrate creative design and practical applications of ways to use text on your pages.
NOTE: Some offerings will be listed in more than one category, as people search for things in different ways. We have tried to cross-reference as much as possible.
Table of Contents
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FUNDAMENTALS:
Core Training | Technical use of tools and functions in the software.
APPLICATIONS
Creative Know How | Creative Design and Practical Applications
- Embellishments and Alpha sets (Fancy Fonts)
- Text Boxes
- Text and Cutting tools
- Text and Shapes
- Text and Clusters
- Text and Color
- Text and Photos
- Text Paths and Strokes
- Text with Effects and/or Filters
- Text on Mats
- Embellished Text
- Monograms
- Miscellaneous Design
- Journaling Tips
- User Frequently Asked Questions (Coming Soon)
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Basics
There is some basic information about text that all Artisan 5 users should know. These offerings are the perfect starting place for new Artisan users or Artisan users requiring a refresher.
- Tutorial: Adding Text (PUBLIC)
- Video: Text Formatting (PUBLIC)
- Video: Check Your Spelling (PUBLIC)
- Video: Text Shapes (PUBLIC)
- Video Tidbit: Text Boxes (An Artisan 5 Tour)
- Artisan 5 Tip: Inserting Symbols
- Pixie Power Minute Video: Text Wrap
- Artisan 5 Tip: Text Wrapping
- Pixie Power Minute Video: Sample and Apply (Quickly copy the font, font size and color from one text box and apply to the other text boxes in your project.)
- Artisan 5 Tip: Setting a Default Font (When new text boxes are added to your page, they will be pre-formatted as you desire.)
- Video Tidbit: Say It With Style (A review of design principles)
- Journaling Tip: How Not to Lose Those Extra
- Pixie Power Minute: Managing Warning Levels
- Webinar: Deeper Dive – All About Text (PUBLIC)
- This link will take you to the FOREVER YouTube Channel
Readability
You put a lot of effort into telling your story, so don’t let anything hinder it from being read. These offerings will make it easier for your journaling and titles to be read.
- Journaling Tip: Readable Journaling Part 1 – Font choice
- Journaling Tip: Readable Journaling Part 2 – Font size
- Journaling Tip: Readable Journaling Part 3 – Contrast
- Artisan 5 Tip: Reduced Opacity Fill (Adding a color or paper fill to your text shape without reducing the opacity of the stroke outline.)
- Pixie Power Minute Video: Vellum Text Boxes
Fonts
Choosing the right fonts will elevate your pages from ordinary to special! One of the beauties of digital scrapbooking is that you can use any True Type Font (TTF) that is on your computer in Artisan, so no need to limit yourself to one or two generic fonts! This section will help you manage the fonts on your computer and give you suggestions for choosing the perfect fonts for your pages.
- Video Tidbit: The Font Manager
- Artisan 5 Tutorial: Content Manager Font Groups
- Artisan 5 Tip: Backing Up Your Font Groups
- Journaling Tip: Font Glyphs
- Artisan 5 Tip: Setting a Default Font
- Journaling Tip: Readable Journaling Part 1 – Font Choice
- Journaling Tip: Readable Journaling Part 2 – Font Size
- Video Tidbit: Say It With Style
Filling Text Boxes
In Artisan 5, text boxes are considered shapes, which means they can be filled with color or paper like other elements on your pages.
- Video Tidbit: Text Boxes (An Artisan 5 Tour)
- Artisan 5 Tip: Inserting Symbols
- Artisan Tip: Filling Text Boxes with Paper
- Artisan Tip: Filling Text Boxes with Color
Text Paths
In Artisan 5, you have an incredible amount of flexibility when positioning your text around elements or along a specific path.
- Artisan 5 Tips: Text Path Basics
- Pixie Power Minute: Text Paths
- Pixie Power Minute: Text Paths On Elements
- Artisan 5 Tip: Text Path Basic Formatting
- Video Tidbit: Positioning Text Paths
- Artisan 5 Tip: Text Paths – Advanced Positioning
- Video Tidbit: Fine Tuning Text Paths
- Artisan 5 Tip: Vertical Text
- Journaling Tip: Vertically Challenged
- Artisan 5 Tip: Text Paths -HSB Randomizer
CLICK HERE to see some creative uses for Text Paths.
Formatting
Artisan 5 allows you to create and format text boxes in a way that gives the look of a table.
Shapes
Text boxes are rectangular by default; hence the term text “box”. There are times when you’d like text to be a shape other than a rectangle or square. These offerings will help you transform your text boxes into other shapes.
- Video: Text Shapes (PUBLIC)
- Pixie Power Minute Video: Applying Shapes
- Artisan 5 Tip: Shaped Text Boxes
- Pixie Power Minute Video: Journaling on an Element (Learn how to make your text fill a shape other than a plain rectangle.)
- Video Tidbit: Photos and Text in Harmony (When your text requires a custom shape)
Sometimes you need a shape that resembles text. These offerings will introduce you to the beauty of Installed Fonts.
CLICK HERE to see some creative uses for Text and Shapes.
After you have reviewed the Core Training, you can explore these creative applications. Each offering reinforces or expands upon our core training and provides you with practical applications of many underused tools in Artisan.
Embellishments and Alpha Sets (Fancy Fonts)
Almost every kit you purchase contains some kind of word art, and many kits in the FOREVER Store contain Alpha Sets (also known as Fancy Fonts), which are decorative letters that you can use to create titles or to add interest to your pages.
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- Pixie Power Minute Video: Color Change Your Alpha sets (Hue button)
- Pixie Power Minute Video: Lining Up Alpha sets (Ruler)
- Video Tidbit: Alpha sets Keep the Glisten (Hue button, Wash button)
- Pixie Power Minute Video: Make It Your Own Paint It Away (Paint tool)
- Video Tidbit: Text Scatters (Line, Strokes)
Text Boxes
It doesn’t take a lot to dress up your pages with a text box. Check out these creative applications.
- Pixie Power Minute Video: Vellum Text Boxes (QAT, HSB button)
- Pixie Power Minute Video: Mixed and Matched Journaling
- Bright Idea 60: Wrapped Up Title (Text Wrap)
- Video Tidbit: Decorative Journaling Boxes (Embedded Images)
- Challenge 309: Art Journaling
- Bright Idea 44: Story Strip (Embedded Images)
- Challenge 314: Storylines (Grid, Alignment tools)
Text and Cutting Tools
The tools available in Artisan 5 are robust, and combining the cutting tools with text allows you to create a wide variety of creative looks for your pages.
- Video Tidbit: Word Overlap Part 1 – Text Only (Outliner and Wand Tools)
- Pixie Power Minute Video: Word Overlap Part 2 – Text and Photos (Outliner and Wand Tools)
- Bright Idea 13: Reflected Text (Arrange tools, Vibrations Filter)
- Bright Idea 80: Treasured Heart (Insert shape, Outliner)
- Pixie Power Minute Video: Debossed Titles (Text shape cutter and Inside shadows)
- Pixie Power Minute Video: Shadow Box Titles (Text shape cutter)
- Bright Idea 105: Monogram Cutout (Text shape cutter)
- Bright Idea 07: Paint Splatter Titles (Wand tool)
- Challenge 330: Paper Cut Out (Outliner, Stroke, Wand)
- Pixie Power Minute Video: Word Pockets (Text shape cutter)
- Challenge 310: Title Cut Out (Wand)
- Bright Idea 16: Ripped Title Strips (Paper Rip)
- Video Tidbit: Blended Word Shapes (Outliner)
Text and Shapes
Shapes in Artisan 5 have opened up a new world of flexibility, creativity and function, allowing us to change the look of text easily.
- Video Tidbit: Text Dial (Text Paths and Shapes)
- Video Tidbit: Warped Words (Edit Shape)
- Video Tidbit: Fun Shaped Alphas (Applying Shapes)
- Video Tidbit: Split Words (Editing Shapes)
- Bright Idea 99: Chunky Title Add ons (Text Shapes)
- Bright Idea 38: Big Top Title (Text Shapes)
- Bright Idea 10: Shaped Journaling (Edit Shape)
- Video Tidbit: Multi-lined Text Shapes (Outliner)
- Pixie Power Minute Video: Torn Text (Paper Rip tool and Embedded Images)
- Pixie Power Minute Video: Easy Fill Fonts (Installed Fonts)
- Video Tidbit: Photos and Text in Harmony (When your text requires a custom shape)
- Video Tidbit: Photo Splits and Photo Mats (Edit Shape and Mat Effects)
Text and Clusters
Sometimes it is hard to master the art of clustering. These offerings will demonstrate how to use text in clusters.
- Bright Idea 58: Justified Title (Rulers, QAT)
- Bright Idea 89: Title Clusters
- Challenge 313: Fill In the Blanks (Wand)
- Challenge 340: Mixed Up Title (Fancy font)
- Bright Idea 18: A Word of Inspiration (Effects-Blend layer)
- Bright Idea 40: Wrap The Title (Text wrap)
- Challenge 303: Photo Strip Text (Arrange, Shape cutter)
Text and Color
Use color to help your titles pop! These offerings will illustrate how to make sure your title matches the mood of your page.
- Video Tidbit: Color Split Titles (Text shapes and Wand tool)
- Bright idea 12: Title Outline (Outliner)
- Bright Idea 08: Boxed Letter Title (Custom cutter, Effects-Mat layer)
- Bright Idea 45: Watercolor Titles (Blur tool)
Text and Photos
No story is complete without photos and journaling. Get the full picture using these offerings:
- Challenge 173: Photo Reverse Letters (Text shapes, Alignment tools)
- Bright Idea 29: Word Picture (Outliner)
- Bright Idea 06: Greetings From (Outliner)
- Pixie Power Minute Video: Easy Fill Fonts (Installed fonts)
- Bright Idea 97: Wordy Photo (Outliner)
- Challenge 312: Worth 1000 (Custom shape)
- Start2Finish Video: Friendship Keys (Effects-Blend layer)
- Video Tidbit: Photos and Text in Harmony (When your text requires a custom shape to go around specific areas of your photos/page)
- Video Tidbit: Photo Splits and Photo Mats (Edit Shape and Mat Effects)
Text Paths and Strokes
Text Paths are strokes with text attached to them. They can be used independently or together to create titles and journaling with flair.
- Journaling Tip: Vertically Challenged (Text Path)
- Challenge 276: Vertical Challenge (Text Path)
- Video Tidbit: Pathways (Shapes)
- Video Tidbit: Text Scatters (Stroke)
- Start2Finish Video: Wee Smiley Boy (Text Path)
- Video Tidbit: Text Dial (Text Paths and Shapes)
Text with Effects and/or Filters
Artisan 5 is jam-packed with a wide array of effects. These effects work nicely with titles and journaling.
- Pixie Power Minute Video: Word Wrap (Filters – Sphereize)
- Pixie Power Minute Video: Stylish Titles (Effects – Blend Layers)
- Artisan Tip: Text and Masks (Effects – Blend Layers)
- Bright Idea 96: Edgy Title Strips (Filters – Show Edges)
- Pixie Power Minute Video: Reading Rainbow (Effects – Blend Layers)
- Challenge 332: Masks and Rainbows (Effects – Blend Layers and Mask Layers)
- Start2Finish Video: Friendship Keys (Effects – Blend Layers)
Text on Mats
Sometimes you use papers and embellishments to enhance the look of your text, and other times papers and embellishments serve a more practical purpose. Either way, your pages will look great when you try these!
- Challenge 261: Ripped Title Banner (Paper rip, Grid cutter)
- Challenge 285: Texting Embellishments
- Bright Idea 61: Title Bars (Grid cutter)
- Bright Idea 28: Squared Up (Corner cutter)
- Bright Idea 94: Title Stamps (Shaped edge cutter)
- Challenge 292: Name It (QAT)
- Video Tidbit: Fun Shaped Alphas (Shapes)
- Video Tidbit: Decorative Journaling Boxes (Embedded image)
Embellished Text
Sometimes you want to have a little fun decorating your titles. These offerings anchor embellishments to your text to enhance page style.
- Bright Idea 65: Title Insert (Line)
Monograms
Monograms are the perfect design on wall art and on your pages.
- Challenge 312: Worth 1000 Words (Custom shapes)
- Bright Idea 22: Monogram It (Text shape)
- Bright Idea 47: Monogram Cutout (Edit shape)
- Bright Idea 105: Monogram Cutout (Text shape cutter)
Miscellaneous Design
Here are some cool offerings that don’t fall in one category but make for beautiful pages in your project.
- Challenge 128: Big Bold Beautiful
- Challenge 265: Overlay Titles (Text shapes)
- Challenge 266: Infographic Pages
- Challenge 284: Spell It Out (QAT)
- Challenge 291: Double Outline Title
- Challenge 297: Title Page (Grid Cutter)
- Challenge 300: The Shape of Words (Text shape)
- Challenge 301: Custom Shadow Titles (Shadows)
- Challenge 316: Text Row Journaling (Line)
- Challenge 328: Title Divider (Wand)
- Bright Idea 20: Perfectly Said (QAT, Opacity)
- Bright Idea 23: Important Dates
- Bright Idea 42: Title Repeat (Gradient)
- Bright Idea 54: Dropped Caps
- Bright Idea 73: Title Split Up (Fancy fonts)
Journaling Tips
At a loss for ways to tell your story? There are some great ideas in these journaling tips.
- Journaling Tip: Creating a Signpost List
- Journaling Tip: Creating a Travel Journal
- Journaling Tip: Chronological School Chart
- Journaling Tip: Evolution of Type
- Journaling Tip: Back to School Questions
- Journaling Tip: You know the Story, But Can Anyone Else Find It?
- Journaling Tip: Wrap it Up! Journaling for the End of School
- Artisan Tip: Reduced Opacity Fill
- Artisan Tip: Font Glyphs
- Journaling Tip: Let Your Subjects Speak for Themselves
- Journaling Tip: Preserving Your Culture
- Journaling Tip: Your Life’s Story – Part 1
- Journaling Tip: Your Life’s Story – Part 2
User Frequently Asked Questions
Q: How do I get my photos to wrap around multiple photos/objects when text wrapping doesn’t work as planned?
A: Video Tidbit: Photos and Text in Harmony
MORE COMING SOON: Over the upcoming weeks, we will be watching our social media pages and emails for your frequently asked questions as they relate to text. We will then add those questions here along with a link to the corresponding answer.