I’m sharing another tutorial today as a Photoshop Elements Ambassador. Today I’ll talk about using Photoshop Elements to create textured type. This image above is from my Madewell post from earlier today, but I’ve also used textured type for the Summer Essentials post and my About Me Page (confession: I’m obsessed with the same watercolor image!). But obviously you can use any texture/pattern you want, just be sure that if it isn’t yours that it’s free, or that you have permission to use it. There are lots and lots of free patterns and textures online you can find to use.
Keep reading to see how to create this pretty textured type yourself…

Open an image you want to add text on top of.

Click the ‘T’ type tool on the left hand sidebar and then start typing right on the image. You can adjust the size and font on the top panel.

Now open up a texture you want to fill the letters with. Copy it (command a).

Paste it into the other image (command c). It should look something like this above.

Now, you’re going to move your cursor right in between the texture layer and the type later (exactly where the arrow is pointing) and hold down option or alt while you ‘click’. The texture should move into the type as shown above. The smaller arrow above shows the boundary of the texture box selection which you can change the size and location of until the texture in the type looks good. You can also adjust the colors in the texture by adjusting the levels.

Bonus Section! I’m adding some script type underneath. So I’ll change my font and size and type some script below the large font.

Since it’s hard to read, I’m adding a rectangular box on top.

After moving the box below the type, I’m changing the color here and the size.

I can change the opacity here so it becomes a bit transparent. And you’re done!