Grid for Text, A box for each letter

[Frikanih]

Hi, I want to make something like this as easy as possible, is there a way that the boxes, or cells, can be automatically generated with text?

I've tried a lot of word combinations in Google and I haven't found an answer. The only way I can think of is manually adding each box, but I'm pretty sure there's an easier way to do this. Any thoughts?

Thank you all for your time.

[edgrimley]

My first thought is to make a brush and set the spacing so the boxes link. Add text and set the tracking to align in the boxes.

[JJMack]

scrabble letter tile fonts  

Fonts scrabble 

[rob day]

It’s fairly easy to script in InDesign. You could do it there and export a PNG or cut and paste to your PS doc. Something like this:

//the point size
var ps = 50

//dialog for text
var d = app.dialogs.add({name:"Text"});
var tf = d.dialogColumns.add().textEditboxes.add({editContents:"", minWidth:180});
d.show();
var t = tf.editContents;	
d.destroy();

//make the text frames
var d = app.documents.add();
d.viewPreferences.horizontalMeasurementUnits = MeasurementUnits.POINTS;
d.viewPreferences.verticalMeasurementUnits = MeasurementUnits.POINTS;

for (var i = 0; i < t.length; i++){
    var tf = d.textFrames.add({geometricBounds: [0,0,ps,ps], contents: t[i], fillColor: "Paper", strokeWeight: 2, strokeColor: "Black", textFramePreferences: {firstBaselineOffset: FirstBaseline.CAP_HEIGHT, insetSpacing: 0, minimumFirstBaselineOffset: 0, verticalJustification: VerticalJustification.CENTER_ALIGN}});  
    tf.parentStory.properties = {justification: Justification.CENTER_ALIGN, pointSize: 50};
    tf.move([i*ps, 0])
};