In the first part of this Photoshop tutorial about the type tool, we discussed the different options of the text tool namely: The Horizontal Type Tool, The Vertical Type Tool, The Horizontal Mask Tool, and The Vertical Mask Tool. We also discussed the different type layers which are the Point Type Layer and the Paragraph Type Layer. Now we will dig deep into the realms of the Type Tool.
Images and vector arts aren’t the only features you can resize and transform. This enables the text you have created to be enlarged, stretched, and even shrunk depending on how you want your text to fit in your project.
One good tip in creating your paragraph type layer is by doing the following:
Select the Type Tool from the toolbar.
Make sure to enable Paragraph Type Layer.
And then drag one of the transform handles to resize the box.
Doing this enables you to create a textbox in the size of your own liking.
Make sure to press Shift while dragging to keep the proportion and to avoid distortion to your textbox; Control/Command to scale the type, Control/Command on the center handle to skew the text, and Alt/Option to resize the box from its midpoint – Yes, you can do that to your texts as well.
General Character Formatting
Just like in any other Word programs, you can also modify how your text looks like; its size, its font type, its font, etc. It is somewhat similar to what you usually use but it has its differences. I will let you dig deeper into that by going through it by yourselves but let me give you a bit of a glimpse of what you should expect.
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