How To Create Aesthetic Stories for Instagram! – Instagram has many font options in Instagram Stories such as classic fonts, modern fonts, neon fonts, typewriter fonts, strong fonts, influencer fonts, comic fonts, simple fonts, and more, but did you know that there are so many ways to customize fonts in your Instagram Stories?
In this article, you will learn some tips on utilizing fonts in Instagram stories that stand out from others. We’ll start from the basics and move on to the Instagram stories font.
Grab your phone now and go straight to the Instagram app, and let’s start practicing it now!
1. SHADOW
First of all, try to create a type text into your Instagram Story, then create the same word (copy+paste) and drag it a little over the original word or sentence you created at the beginning. Later the result will be a shadow and as if it has dimensions.
HOW TO CREATE THIS FONT EFFECT:
- Select the text icon (“Aa”) above instagram stories
- Type a word or sentence by using one of the font options
- Choose a color for your creation, then tap done or done. Then set the text size to your liking
- Move the text to the position you want
- Write the same word or sentence in the same font, but with a different color
- Place it in the back, then set it to the top of the first word or sentence, and balance it to the side.
A tip for beginners, choose a darker or lighter color (anyway contrast with the color of the first writing) than the writing on the back to make the effect stand out more!
2. CONTRASTING & SOLID BACKGROUND
Create a background that has contrasting and solid colors, so that text, GIF, or other images, so that they complement each other and are visible to the eye.
HOW TO GET THIS EFFECT:
- Start by taking a picture or selecting a picture from your phone’s gallery
- Tap the pencil-like image icon
- Choose your preferred color
- Place your finger on the image and hold, until the colors appear on the screen and cover the entire image. Doing this will turn the screen into solid colors and contrast
- Write text, doodle doodles, or add GIFs
3. ERASER TOOL
Make your image stand out by using an eraser tool.
HOW TO GET THIS EFFECT:
- Start by taking a picture or selecting a picture from your phone’s gallery
- Tap the image/marker icon and choose a preferred color
- Put your finger on the image and hold it to make it one solid background
- Tap the eraser tool
- Create a doodle using an eraser, automatically when a solid color is removed, then what appears is the background of the photo that is overwritten by color.
4. CHOOSE YOUR OWN COLOR
Instagram gives 27 preset colors to choose from, but did you know that you can actually choose your own colors?
HOW TO GET THIS EFFECT:
- Select the text icon (“Aa”)
- Type your word or sentence
- Touch the image icon, then select one of the colors, and hold. The palette will appear below.
- Move your finger up or down or from side to side, until you find a color you like.
5. CHOOSE A COLOR FROM YOUR IMAGE
It turns out that you can create colors from pictures! This will create a cohesive look and feel, match and highlight its aesthetic side. Use labeled fonts that can be recolored at will. Make the color match the photo or image you are using.
HOW TO GET THIS EFFECT:
- Tap the text icon (“Aa”) in the upper-right corner
- Type one letter at a time
- Click the icon (“A”) in the upper left corner
- Tap the color icon in the bottom left corner and drag it to the color you like
- Tap done or done
- Move the text around the photo to where you want it.
- Type the second letter and repeat this sequence until a desired word or sentence is completed
6. HIGHLIGHT YOUR TEXT!
You can highlight or highlight your text with a color that contrasts with the background. You can use fonts labeled typewriter, classic, or any type of font that allows the writing to be highlighted in color!
HOW TO GET THIS EFFECT:
- Type a word or sentence
- Choose a color in the color palette
- Tap the icon (“A”) in the upper left corner and your text will automatically have highlights such as having a background color on the text.
- Not only colored, you can now also have a transparent or colorless and penetrating text background.
7. CHANGE THE COLOR OF HIGHLIGHTED TEXT
With unlimited creativity, you can change the color of the highlighted text. Usually, highlights have strong contrasting colors, but you can choose your own color. This can be used when you have words that contain “attention” in copywriting, well you can use color differences with other texts, it’s easy!
HOW TO GET THIS EFFECT:
- Type a word or sentence
- Choose a color in the color palette
- Tap the letter (“A”) in the upper-left corner and highlight your text in that color.
- Tap the word or sentence you’re writing, then hold the text and “select all.”
- Choose a different color according to what you want on the color wheel.
8. TRANSPARENT BACKGROUND OR GRADIENT
Add transparent layers to the images to make the text stand out more.
HOW TO GET THIS EFFECT:
- Take a photo or select a photo from your phone’s camera roll
- Tap the image/marker icon
- Select an icon such as a highlighter
- Choose a color (either from a preset color or from an image)
- Press and hold the image
- Now you will have a transparent overlay on the image
- Type the text you want, then you can add a doodle or GIF and tap done or done.
9. OMBRE EFFECT
If you like a certain color, then you can create an ombre effect with this text hack for Instagram story. For example, a color that can switch from dark blue to light blue, or dark green to light green.
HOW TO GET THIS FONT EFFECT:
- Type a word or sentence that you want
- Tap a word and hold, then block a few words or letters as they appear
- Hold one thumb to a color in the palette
- Hold it with the other thumb of the text (so, the current position there is holding the palette kusor and the text kusor)
- Drag your thumb up in the palette until it reaches the lightest color of that color
- Slide both fingers simultaneously to the left and the letters will change color
10. GIF TEXT
Try bringing your stories to life with GIFs or making your text into a GIF!
HOW TO GET THIS EFFECT:
- Tap on a squared smiley face
- Tap the GIF icon
- Search for words, phrases, or keywords (e.g. cute, new posts, travel, sports)
- Choose a GIF you like
- Move the GIF to where you want to put it on the image
- If you want to use text, you can enter text and sentences first then click the “=A” icon at the top close to the word done.
- If both have been done, click done or finish.
Well, those are the tips that you can use so that your Instagram stories are not boring. Don’t worry, there is a Tech Team that will help manage your social media if you don’t have time to do these tips!
