This is a Photoshop template for a homeschool diploma from high school. Click the link to download the full-sized Photoshop file to your computer.
In newer versions of Photoshop, it will ask about updating layers. This is fine, so click whatever means “okay.” Click to see the Layers window so you can edit each segment to suit your your own wording and graphics.
It reads:
A to Z Home’s Cool This Certifies That First Initial Last Name Has completed a Course of Study meeting the Standards of our Homeschool and is therefore Awarded this High School Diploma On the Third day of June in the year Two Thousand Twenty Three
I created it to nestle in the center of some bordered certificate paper that I bought at the office supply store.
You will need to have Photoshop installed on your computer, Mac or Windows, in order to make use of and edit this document.
You will need to have named your homeschool.
To edit to suit your purposes, download the DIPLOMA.TTF font here first, expand the .zip file, and install in your system’s font directory. Works with both Windows and Mac. You will also need the Photoshop template for a homeschool diploma.
See below on how to install the font, if you need the help.
You may want to create a seal for your diploma or look for reasonable clipart on the internet.
State Seals in Color
Select your state from the list of states.
Parents need to sign the diploma, remember!
Shop for Certificate Paper, Diploma Frame
Put “certificate” in the search engines in an office supply site. Select “acid free” paper. Search for an 8-1/2 x 11″ diploma frame, too.
Installing the Diploma Font on different Systems
How to install a font under Windows
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All fonts are stored in the C:\Windows\Fonts folder. You can also add fonts by simply dragging font files from the extracted files folder into this folder. Windows will automatically install them. If you want to see what a font looks like, open the Fonts folder, right-click the font file, and then click Preview.
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Another way to see your installed fonts is through Control Panel. In Windows 7 and Windows 10, go to Control Panel > Fonts. In Windows 8.1, go to Control Panel > Appearance and Personalization > Fonts.
Note that with the internal unzip tool of Windows you must first drag and drop the font file to a location on your computer (for example on the desktop), then into the C:\Windows\Fonts folder. With Winzip, you can simply install a font using a simple drag and drop of the .ttf from the zip window to the C:\Windows\Fonts folder.
- If you want to try it a different way, browse to your fonts folder. Then click on File > Install a New Font… in the Fonts folder menu then browse to locate your font in the window. Although this method is laborious, it would seem that it functions better in some cases.
How to install a font under Mac OS
On your Mac, do any of the following:
- In the Font Book app
, choose File > Add Fonts to Current User. In the window that appears, double-click the font file. - Drag the font file to the Font Book app icon in the Dock.
- Drag the font file to the Font Book window.
- Double-click the font file in the Finder, then click Install in the dialog that appears.
When you install a font, Font Book automatically validates or checks the font you’re installing for errors. Font Book also checks for duplicate fonts.
Fonts you install are available only to you, or to anyone who uses your computer, depending on the default location you set for installed fonts. See Change Font Book settings.
How to install a font under Linux
- Installing for a single user has the most straightforward method. Simply click on the font file; this will open the file using your system font-viewer, and click install.
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