# How to fill TEXT?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-fill-text/113145>\
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**Created:** [June 15, 2004, 2:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-fill-text/113145 "2004-06-15T14:39:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![stikkis77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7993a0/32.png) [@stikkis77](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/stikkis77)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2004, 2:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-fill-text/113145/1 "2004-06-15T14:39:27Z")

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I cant find it anywhere. How I can do gradient fill to text?

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2004, 4:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-fill-text/113145/2 "2004-06-15T16:15:26Z")

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What I usually do is make the text a graphic (hit ctrl+B once) and then place that as a mask over a box with a gradient fill. (That is if it’s just a page title or whatnot)

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2004, 11:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-fill-text/113145/3 "2004-06-15T23:38:32Z")

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oh… ok, Ill try that…tnx