How to create a glowing font?

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I would like to know how to create a glowing font that looks like this:

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Related: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1420131/iphone-text-glow-effect — turbo, Dec 11 '12 at 14:54
Use a shadow and rather than using a black color or gray color use the color of the 'glow' you want.. — Antwan van Houdt, Dec 11 '12 at 14:55
@Ziad.T if you have not tried anything yet, why are you asking for help? Maybe try searching first? Hence the downvotes — ophychius, Dec 11 '12 at 15:00

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 11 '12 at 14:56

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Try this tutorial, it includee the source as well, you might find it helpful

http://www.redrobotstudios.com/blog/2010/04/29/create-glow-soft-shadow-text-on-iphone/

answered Dec 11 '12 at 14:56

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score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 11 '12 at 14:58

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The effects on the font in your example are almost certainly achieved with images. They most likely used Photoshop to create the images, and then they programmatically add and remove subviews as needed to display the digits, days of the week, etc.

answered Dec 11 '12 at 14:58

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How to create a glowing font?

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