How do I fill in a hollow font?

[Guest]

I am using a block style font that is hollow.  That is you can see through it to whatever is below it.  How do I fill it in with a solid color?  I tried the overlay color, but it colors the "black" part of the font.  Clearly, I do not want to fillin parts that should not be (e.g. the center of the letter "O").

Thanks.

[Tom_Murray_1 · Accepted solution]

Make an empty layer above the text layer. On the text layer, click the hollow spaces with the magic wand. On the empty layer, fill with color.

[Guest]

Thank you!

[mojoriesen]

It depends on the font and size and line thickness, but for thicker outlined hollow fonts I will select the interior of the font, expand the selection a pixel or so, then add a layer BELOW the font and fill the under-layer it as needed.