Adobe 13101332 User Guide - Page 355

Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Using Type Back 355 • Choose All Caps or Small Caps from the Character palette menu. A check mark indicates that the option is selected. Note: Selecting Small Caps will not change characters that were originally typed in uppercase. Making characters superscript or subscript You can enter or format type as superscript or subscript characters. Superscript characters are reduced in size and shifted above the type baseline; subscript characters are reduced in size and shifted below the type baseline. If the font does not include superscript or subscript characters, Photoshop generates faux superscript or subscript characters. To specify superscript or subscript characters: Do one of the following: • Click the Superscript button or the Subscript button in the Character palette. • Choose Superscript or Subscript from the Character palette menu. A check mark indicates that the option is selected. Applying underline and strikethrough You can apply a line under horizontal type, or to the left or right of vertical type.You can also apply a line through horizontal or vertical type. The line is always the same color as the type color. To apply an underline or strikethrough: Choose an option: • Click the Underline button in the Character palette to apply an underline beneath horizontal type. • Choose Underline Left or Underline Right from the Character palette menu to apply an underline to the left or right of vertical type.You can apply an underline to the left or right, but not to both sides. A check mark indicates that an option is selected. Note: The Underline Left and Underline Right options only appear in the Character palette menu when a type layer that contains vertical type is selected. • Click the Strikethrough button in the Character palette to apply a horizontal line through horizontal type or a vertical line through vertical type. Alternately, choose Strikethrough from the Character palette menu. Using ligatures and old style numerals When working with OpenType fonts, you can use ligatures and old style typographic numerals in your type, if the font provides them. Ligatures are typographic replacements for certain pairs of characters, such as "fi" and "fl." Old style numerals are shorter than regular numerals, and some old style numerals descend below the type baseline. Using Help | Contents | Index Back 355