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This tutorial demonstrates how to stroke type with Solid Colour, Patterns or Gradients.
Undo and Navigation Steps
Two ways of undoing steps are from the top menu, Edit then Step Backwards. Alternatively, click a previous snapshot in the History Palette.
Navigate (zoom in and pan) your image using the Navigator Palette,
or the Zoom Tool. 
Activate The Hand Tool by tapping the Spacebar, keeping the Spacebar pressed, pan your image in the usual way. 
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Open a New document and set the following attributes - set a resolution of 300 pixels/inch if you plan to print your work.
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Now, set the Foreground to a colour you wish your type to be. 
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Then activate the Horizontal Type Tool. 
And set the type of your choice into the Options bar.
Apply your words; click the Commit any current edits tick, then centralise your type with the Move Tool.
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Click the following Add a layer style (f-fx) icon.
And click Stroke from the drop-down list. In the subsequent Layer Style dialogue box, (in the Structure panel), experiment with different settings, including, Size, Position and Fill Type - the Fill Type can be a Pattern, Gradient or Colour of your choice. I chose the following Gradient settings. Whilst you have the Layer Style dialogue open, experiment with different Styles, for example, Bevel and Emboss or Drop Shadow. When you are happy with the result, click OK.
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After you have clicked OK you can apply another Style; to do so - click the Add a layer style icon again.
Then left-click to set a Style of your choice; alter its Structure, then click OK.
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From the Layers palette, click to remove the eye icon of the Background layer, this removes the white background, leaving a chessboard transparency.
 
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Now, from the top menu, choose Layer then choose New Fill Layer and fill the transparent background with either a Solid Colour, Pattern or Gradient - as described in my lesson Here.
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Finish by cropping away the extraneous outer background,  then from the top menu, choose Layer then choose Flatten Image, then save your work
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