How Do You Make A World Map Out Of Text?
A world map can be illustrated as stretched, Europe-centered, American-centered, and even upside down. No matter the style the world’s image is in the eye of the beholder. Whether you are a teacher looking for a class activity or an expert cartographer with a PhD, these steps will show you how to develop an original map and help hone your skills on Adobe Photoshop. Start up your copy of Adobe Photoshop and design a map made out of text. Step 1 Download an Outline World Map from a free outline map website such as d-maps.com (http://www.d-maps.com). You will use this image as an outline for your map. Step 2 Open the Outline World Map you’ve selected in Adobe Photoshop. Step 3 Use the Lasso tool to select the outline of each continent. Click carefully along the inside of the continents to expand the Lasso’s selection. Step 4 Open the Edit menu and select Copy. Step 5 Open the File menu and select New to start a new project. Give it a title like Text_Map, set the image size to 11 inches in