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263  - GENERATE TEXT IMAGES

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Picking a font at My Live Signature.com

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If you’re a genius with Photoshop or similar tools, you can skip this

hack, but if not, here’s how to make text with special effects.

When you don’t have an image to your blog post and you can’t nd a tting Creative Commons

licensed image either, you can also generate a new image online. One option is to create

an image of a text that describes your post’s category, like “Misc. Links,” “Fun Sightings,” “Tips &

Tricks,” “Rant,” “Politics” and so on. You can also use such an image to add a signature to your post.

Generating text images can be helpful for a home page, like one created with Google Page Creator,

too. A variety of tools and services are available.

You can also use the ImageMagick tool described in  to create 2D text effects. For more information,

see http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/fonts/

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Provided that you have a scanner, you can sign a paper, scan it, crop the picture, and add it to

your post—the downside being that everyone is now able to swipe your signature. An alternative

approach is to generate a signature online. To do so, head over to http://mylivesignature.com/mls_

wizard1_1.php and enter your name. You also need to answer a security question. Click Next Step,

and you will be able to choose from ...