Single line path from fonts in Photoshop

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March 12, 2023
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Hi, I would like to use a font in Photoshop, create a path that goes through the middle of the letters. If I create a path now it's always and outline. I am using the command stroke path and I only want the text to be stroked once, not back and forth. I can't create my own paths by hand. So what is the way to do this in Photoshop?

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Dan Rodney

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Choose the Line tool.
In the Options bar at the top of the screen, on the left is a menu that probably says Path, change that to Shape.
In the Options bar, set the desired Stroke color and thickness.
Draw your line (which will become it's own shape layer)

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Marieke FeenstraAuthor

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Hi Dan, thank you. I am trying to accomplish this without having to draw over the text. Is there a way to do it?

Dan Rodney

Community Expert

You can add a line through text using Strikethrough:

Select/highlight the text with the Type tool.
Go into the Window menu and choose Character.
In the Character panel that opens, click the Strikethrough button (it's a T with a line in through the middle of it).

You can't customize how that looks (position, thickness, etc), but it will make the horizontal line through the middle of the text for you automatically.

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