I am trying to create some embossed text. By embossed I mean looks like it has been stamped into the surface similar to the following. I know there is a lot going on in this image, but I am interested in the Text.
However I am unfamiliar with the proper terminology. Can someone kindly pointed me in the right direction.
What you’re seeing can be done a couple of different ways, but my favorite way is the following:
Make your text and icon almost black- but not quite.
Add an inner shadow via the Filter ▸ Stylize menu. Set the color to black, x offset to 0, y offset to -1, and blur radius to 1. This will give us the little dark edges on the inside of the text near the top of the characters
Add a drop shadow filter, via the Filter ▸ Stylize menu. Set the x offset to 0, y to -1, blur to 75%. Here’s a little screenshot:
