Introduction:

The DreamText Plug-in enables you to easily assemble display type using the DreamText Sets.

DreamText supports a full character set including accents and special symbols, please refer to
our Symbols & Accents page for assistance.

See below for a special note regarding accented characters.

 

System Requirements:

• Adobe®Photoshop®6.0 or newer, and OS X

   

  Installation:

  1. Place the DreamText Plug-in into the Photoshop 'Plug-Ins' folder/Adobe Photoshop Only/Automate.

  2. Make a folder and call it "DreamText SETS", without the quotes.

  3. Place all downloaded DreamText Sets into the "DreamText SETS" folder.
  (Suggestion: Place an alias of the "DreamText SETS" folder on your Desktop)

  You are now ready to use the DreamText Plug-in.

  Open or, quit and restart, Photoshop® to reload the plug-ins.

   

  Instructions:

  1. To access the DreamText Plug-in open the 'File' menu in Adobe®Photoshop®, go to Automate, and select 'DreamText...' in the 'Automate' pop-up menu.

  2. A DreamText dialogue box opens. Type the word(s) you want to create with DreamText. (Maximum of 20 characters per use) After you have typed your word(s), click the 'Choose SET' button. An error message results if you type in a letter that does not exist in the DreamText Set.

  3. A selection dialogue box will open. Find and Open your 'DreamText SETS' folder and select the desired DreamText Set you wish to use. After you have made your selection click the 'Choose' button. Suggestion: You may prefer to add the DreamText SETS folder to your "Favorites".

  4. Verify the spelling and the SET selection. If you wish to change SET selection, press "Choose SET" and select another style. When you are satisfied with your selection press "OK".

  * To stop the process at any time press "esc" on your keyboard. Approximately 15 seconds per letter with a 400mhz G4. Each DreamText character is comparable to 1200 point type That's it. Photoshop® will do the rest. A new document is then created where each letter comes in on its own layer making it easy to adjust the letter spacing. Since each character comes into Photoshop at full size, the resulting file size may be large, for example a 10 letter word is approximately 35 Mb. Once you have adjusted the letter spacing you are ready to use the word in your main document. If your letters overlap then the layer order may need to be reversed. Note: When accented characters are used, the DreamText Plug-in will open two files, one for the letter and one for the accent. The plug-in places the accent on top of the letter and will need to be correctly positioned manually. In some cases the layer with the accent needs to be placed behind the layer with the letter instead of in front of it. Generally, if the view of the letter is from below (i.e. you can see the bottom edge of the letter) then the accent should be moved to a layer behind the letter only if the accent and letter overlap.