In an article written by Joyce Evans entitled Rusty Type Effects, author in response to a reader, gave steps on how to make a rusty font. In tutorial, she used a pattern file and several effects to produce text that appears to be rusted. “You can change look by changing pattern, offset of lower layer, and even shadow. After you do this exercise, experiment by adding different effects to edges of text or try different strokes for a variety of results”, she explained. The Source of tutorial was PNG file and Rusty texture. Click here to download.

Here is how it is done:

1 Open a new canvas

2 Select Text tool and click on canvas.

3 Fill & Load. This first text object is going to be used as edge of final or top text layer. To fill this bottom layer of text, Open Fill panel from Fill category, choose Pattern. In Pattern Name area, scroll down and choose Other. A dialog box will open allowing you to locate pattern to fill with. Navigate to location you saved file; select it and click on Open.

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