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WORKING WITH TYPE IN PHOTOSHOP

Using Photoshop for creating graphic design projects is really simple. If you don’t have InDesign but

you want to create content with lots of text, then here’s a few type tips you can use in Photoshop

to give you more control over your type options. Photoshop has many great type effect options but

these few tricks may help your workflow and keep you creating!

1. CONVERT POINT TEXT
   TO PARAGRAPH TEXT
   AND VICE VERSA
   There are two ways to add text in
   Photoshop: point or paragraph
   text. If you simply click on the can-
   vas with the Type tool (T) and start
   typing, then you’ll create point
   type; but if you click-and-drag out
   a frame for your text, you’ll create
   paragraph text. Point text will stay
   on the same line until you press
   the Return key; paragraph text
   will wrap to the next line when it
   hits the edge of the frame. Both
   of these are useful, and the good
   news is that you can always change
   them later. You can convert a point
   text into paragraph text and vice
   versa at any time using the Convert
   to Paragraph/Point Text option in
   the Type menu. This option will be
   grayed out if you have your cursor
   inserted in the text, so commit the
   type first before making the switch.
   The same applies to converting
   horizontal and vertical text, which
   can be created with either the Hori-
   zontal or Vertical Type tools found
   in the Toolbar. To convert them,
   look for the Toggle Text Orientation
   icon on the left side of the Options
   Bar. It’s the T with an arrow point-
   ing down on the left and an arrow
   pointing to the right below it. You
   can also go to Type>Orientation.
   With horizontal or vertical type, it’s
   okay to have the cursor inserted in
   the text before you convert it.

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