Quick overview
Art Text is a macOS creative tool for photographers and graphic designers that specializes in producing high-resolution typographic graphics. It’s built to help you craft striking text-based art for applications such as advertisements, brand marks, and website banners.
Built-in resources
- A library containing more than 400 scalable vector icons you can drop into compositions.
- A collection of 110 ready-to-use design templates that speed up the start of a project.
Core capabilities
Art Text offers a flexible workspace for manipulating typography and visual assets. Use it to lay out logos, hero headers, promotional graphics, and other text-centered visuals with fine control over appearance and detail.
Visual treatments available
- Gradients for smooth color transitions and depth
- Deformations to bend, twist, or warp letterforms
- Material presets to simulate real-world surfaces
- Texture overlays for tactile, layered looks
- Shadow controls for dimensional emphasis
Export and sharing options
- PNG and GIF for web-ready raster images
- EPS and PDF for scalable, print-friendly exports
- JPEG for compressed photographic output
- TIFF for high-quality, lossless files
Who benefits most
This app is particularly useful for freelancers, small studios, and hobbyists who need an accessible Mac-native solution to elevate text in their visual work without launching a full raster editor.
Other choices to consider
A widely used paid alternative is Adobe Photoshop, which offers more extensive image-editing features if you need broader raster-manipulation capabilities.
Technical
- Mac
- English
- French
- German
- Japanese
- Spanish
- Free