Hiding Letters - Logo Lesson

Peekaboo I see you! these letters are just recognizable enough to pique my interest. By displaying a portion of the image my logo has a clean and sleek look, takes less room, and causes the visitor to pause and think. A word of caution, use this with letters that are easily recognized. The letter G will be mistaken for a C with this technique.

1. Open a new Photoshop file width 200 height 150.

2. Enter Text (I used Amphion Condensed, 96 pt). Serif fonts are a good choice here. I entered the letters "M R A" on one layer.

I added another layer and used the selection marquee to create a white block which could be placed over the bottom of the text.

I can raise and lower the patch to achieve the desired affect, without disturbing the text layer. Here are examples of hiding too much or too little. In the first example you don't know if the letter is an R, B, or P. In the second example you have revealed so much the font just appears to have a serif top and a sans-serif bottom.

3. Next I add a layer of text which displays the full company name. I wanted the words to align with the edges of the MRA text. After typing the text, I accessed the palette button on the text option bar and adjusted the tracking so that it would all fit.

4.Finally, I added a line to separate the 2 lines of text. The line tool can work here, but sometimes for fine lines I find that the pencil tool constrained by the shift tool is an easier solution. Here is my finished document with all its layers.

To view this file as a Photoshop document access the CD > CIS 58.53B Advanced Class > PSD > logo > logo-no-bottom.psd