How to Create Logo Scripts

Create your own logo script.

Most businesses have a logo of some sort. A logo helps to create a brand image for your business, making it more easily recognizable to potential customers. Often, logos will include words or initials related to the company. But rather than using the standard fonts that come with your graphics program, you can choose to create a stylized font script that is exclusively yours. One way to do this is to start with a basic font that is close to what you have in mind and alter it until you arrive at your font style. This process is easily accomplished in most graphics programs.

Instructions

Photoshop

1. Load whatever image you want to use as the background for your logo onto your computer.

2. Open Photoshop. Select "File" from the menu and choose "Open." In the dialog that appears, browse to the image you loaded and open it.

3. Select the "Type" tool and choose the font that is closest to what you want and type in the text. Select the "Magic Wand" selection tool, hold down the "Shift" key and select the letters.

4. Click on the "New Layer" button under the "Layers" panel. Then right-click on the selection and choose "Make Path." Delete the text layer.

5. Select the "Pen" tool and use it to adjust the points on the path to get the letters into the shape you want. Right-click on the path and choose "Make Selection." Use the "Paint Bucket" tool to fill the selection with color. Save your work.

Photoshop Elements

1. Load whatever image you want to use as the background for your logo onto your computer.

2. Open Photoshop. Select "File" from the menu and choose "Open." In the dialog that appears, browse to the image you loaded and open it.

3. Select the "Type" tool and choose the font that is closest to what you want and type in the text. Select the "Selection Brush" tool and select the letters.

4. Click on the "New Layer" button under the "Layers" panel. Delete the text layer. Then use the "Add" and "Subtract" functions of the "Selection Brush" tool to sculpt the letters into what you want for the logo.

5. Use the "Paint Bucket" tool to fill the selection with color. Save your work.

GIMP

1. Load whatever image you want to use as the background for your logo onto your computer. Then open Photoshop.

2. Open GIMP. Select "File" from the menu and choose "Open." In the dialog that appears, browse to the image you loaded and open it.

3. Select the "Text" tool and choose the font that is closest to what you want and type in the text. Select the "Fuzzy" selection tool, hold down the "Shift" key and select the letters.

4. Click on the "New Layer" button under the "Layers" panel. Then right-click on the selection and choose "Make Path." Delete the text layer.

5. Select the "Pen" tool and use it to adjust the points on the path to get the letters into the shape you want . Right-click on the path and choose "Make Selection." Use the "Paint Bucket" tool to fill the selection with color. Save your work.

References

• University of Kansas: Introduction to Photoshop
• George Mason University: Introduction to Photoshop Elements
• GIMP: English Manual