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"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." Edmund Burke (1729-1797)

The first "Glass Type" pagerunners tutorial. At left is the finished product. Heads up: you may use curves to achieve the final result, however, in this tutorial we have used a "Glass Contour" setting, which can be downloaded here and imported into Photoshop.

Open a new RGB document and create and position your text.

The second step is to access Blending Options from the layers pallet. Make sure the blending mode is set to multiply. Initially, your type will be almost completely transparent, though we will soon see better results.

Under Bevel & Emboss, choose the settings Inner Bevel and Chisel Hard. Make sure Anti-Alias is checked. Choose the new Glass Contour option.

After the Blending Options and Bevel & Emboss settings are applied. To add a bit of a fancy touch, utilize the Stroke option.

For Stroke, size 1 and black or other dark color (try #660000 or #000033). Lower the opacity to 45%.

If you don't wish to download the glass contour or simply want to use some curves yourself, the map is shown at left.

If you wish to go the fancy route, add the following settings: in the layers palette, choose Satin with the Blend Mode set to Multiply, opacity lowered to 40% and the Glass Contour utilized once again. Check the Anti-Alias box. Now a bit of indentation is added to the glass text.