Text effects

Polished gold letters: a pale top, a dark horizon line across the middle and a bright band under it, with a dark outline and a short 3D shadow.

Silver chrome letters: white at the top, a steel-blue horizon across the middle, bright again below, with a near-black outline.

A neon sign in text: near-white letters, a thin coloured tube around them and a glow in the same colour.

Letters that look hot: yellow at the top fading to red, a dark edge and an orange glow around them.

Cold, frozen letters: white at the top fading to icy blue, a navy edge and a pale blue glow.

Solid 3D letters: a yellow-to-orange face, a dark outline and a deep extruded side, tilted for energy.

Synthwave in text: a sunset gradient from yellow to hot pink, a purple edge, a cyan outer line and a deep purple 3D shadow, tilted.

Comic book lettering: yellow letters, a thick black outline, a white outer line, a hard black shadow and a tilt.

Letters that are only their outline, with no fill, so the photo shows through. Highlighted words still fill, so one word can stand out.

Text that looks like a die-cut sticker: bold coloured letters with a thick white edge and a soft shadow under it.

Raised, chiselled letters: their top-left edges catch the light and their bottom-right edges fall into shade.

Scary letters: bright red fading to near-black red, a black edge and a red glow, like something lit from below.

Breaking-news style: white letters on a solid red block behind each line, like a TV news strap.