Here are a few tips to make your fine art black and white photography the best it can be.

From projections to canvases, sculptures to public murals, the versatility—and power—of the written word forces the viewer to reflect. Clever word play, political activism, subversion of advertising, and appropriation of form are just some common characteristics of powerful text art.

From Marcel Duchamp to Martin Creed, Ed Ruscha to Tracey Emin, text has played an important part within the context of modern and contemporary art, and continues to be a vital part of artists’ practices. Somewhere between 1907 and 1911, the Cubists began to paint letters and words into their still lifes.

1. Think in Black and White. As mentioned above, when your photos lack color, there will be more focus on elements such as lighting and contrast.
2. Shoot in Color.
3. Spend Some Time Tweaking.

A simple definition of text-based art might read: “art that includes words or phrases as its primary artistic component”. Text-based imagery featuring words and phrases has appeared in a variety of different media including painting and sculpture, lithography and screenprinting as well as applied art (T-shirts, mugs).

The word ekphrasis, or ecphrasis, comes from the Greek for the written description of a work of art produced as a rhetorical exercise, often used in the adjectival form ekphrastic. Virtually any type of artistic medium may be the actor of, or subject of ekphrasis.

WordArt is a text modifying feature in Microsoft Word, a popular word processing program. It includes effects such as shadows, outlines, colors, gradients, and 3D effects that can be added to a word or phrase. Photoshop 7 and later also includes a Warp Text feature, which provides similar text modification options.

WordArt helps in dealing with text by providing different styles to the letters and their typographic arrangement. It can modify the look of the text by bending, skewing or stretching the shape. It can help in enhancing the look and feel of the text used in the Microsoft Office applications, especially in Word.

Create curved or circular WordArt

1. Go to Insert > WordArt.
2. Pick the WordArt style you want.
3. Type your text.
4. Select the WordArt.
5. Go to Shape Format > Text Effects > Transform and pick the effect you want.

Why is it best not to use too much WordArt? Too much means it loses its effect and clutters your document. MS Publisher has many pre-created documents that you can edit.

Moving Images Behind Text

1. Select the image.
2. Choose the Order option from the Draw menu on the Drawing toolbar. Word displays a submenu.
3. Choose Send Behind Text from the submenu. The image should move behind the text.

If you have not installed Classic Menu for Office on your computer, you can access the WordArt command in Ribbon with following steps: Click the Insert Tab; Go to Text group; Then you will see the WordArt button.

What is the advantage of using MS Publisher instead of Word? It works on all devices. There are many templates for easy project creation.

To select an object, simply click your mouse on it. As you can see, a bounding box appears around the object. The bounding box has eight handles that appear as white circles in the corners and white squares on the sides of the object.

text wraps. What is it called when the text is automatically moved around a graphic? rotation handle.

Although Microsoft Publisher is often associated with newsletter and brochure design, that’s not the only things it’s good for. You can use the software to create a wide range of publications including proposals, product sheets, services guides and much, much more!

Publisher 2007 and 2010 have a pdf tool. If you don’t then www.primopdf.com is a good freebie. Publisher 2010 is the latest edition of Publisher in use, which is part of the latest Office 2010 suit. So yes, Publisher is still in use.

List of the Cons of Microsoft Publisher

• The templates on Microsoft Publisher rely on its internal design.
• You have limited control over your file size.
• Your text stops when it runs out of room in the text box.
• Automatic spelling and grammar checks have limited functionality.
• There is a lack of compatibility with Adobe.