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Sometimes when you have a full bleed image or a background that is kind of noisy it can be difficult to make your text legible. It might be hard to get the necessary contrast for all your text and that makes it hard to read. One way to make you text stand out more is to add a stroke or text outline. This creates a nice confinement of each letter and separates it from the noisy background. It can really make the text pop out.

Below is a Before and After showing an example of how much difference adding a stroke to your text can make.

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Image Credit:  straymuse

Sometimes when using an image on your slide, the image has a natural “horizon”. By that I mean it has a natural line that divides, separates or guides in the image. The most obvious example is an actual horizon, but it could be anything.

When placing text on top of such an image it can add a nice effect and be more dramatic and powerful to align the text along this “horizon”. It can add a little more excitement to the slide and break away from the traditional and make the slide more interesting. Below is a Before and After showing the difference when applying this technique to a slide.

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Image Credit: ctechs

The before & after below shows how adding a drop shadow to your text can really make the text “pop out”. Adding a drop shadow to your text can many times help to add the necessary emphasis to draw the audience’s attention to the text. It makes it stand out a little bit more than without the drop shadow. It is a neat little trick and something to keep in mind. (it is a little hard to see but if you click on the images and look at the bigger version it becomes more apparent and imagine presenting on a big screen)

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Image Source: Pa1n