I have seen many tutorials that make gold effects on text using channels, flatten image or rasterize. Here you will learn to make golden text only using Blending Options.
1. Create a new image 400x150 pixels with white background.
2. Fill the background with black color #000000
3. Add some text. I have used CType AOE 48 px:
4. Right click the text layer and choose Blending Options, use these settings:
Outer Glow: use this color: #ffcc00
Bevel and Emboss:
Inside this option go to the Shading section and click on Gloss Contour. Then make some curves similar to these:
Gradient overlay: use these colors #ffcc00 -> #ebcc50 -> #ffcc00
5. The final result is:
6. The nice thing about this tutorial is that you can use the same effect on any font including symbol fonts. Just duplicate the layer and change the font.
I have tested some different fonts and this is what I got:
