1. Creating Your Masthead
Go to this address to find a free font installer,
here there are thousands of exciting fonts for
you to choose
Find the font you desire
and follow the next step of
instructions
2. How to install a font
Unzip the files you have downloaded by double clicking
from the download folder, then:
▪ Mac OS X: Double-click the font file > "Install
font" button
3. Now you can open a new page in Photoshop to
manipulate your typography to get the desired
effect as informed by your research and
planning. Remember to title the document
appropriately. In this case Masthead Research
It should look like this. For this activity you will only need
the type tool and the move tool
4. Click your type tool cursor anywhere on the page and
type in the name of your masthead
To play around with Layer Stylisation,
double click on the blue of the layer to
open up blending options
5. Now you can manipulate your Masthead in a number of ways.
Remember to play around with the adjustments to create your
desired effect.