Adobe 23101335 User Guide - Page 261
Using Type, About type, Creating type
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251 Chapter 9: Using Type T ypography gives visual form to language. Adobe Photoshop and Adobe ImageReady let you add type to images with flexibility and precision. You can create and edit type directly on-screen (instead of in a dialog box) and quickly change the font, style, size, and color of the type. You can apply changes to individual characters and set formatting options for entire paragraphs, including alignment, justification, and wordwrapping. You can create designs that include Chinese, Japanese, and Korean type (if you have the correct system software installed on your computer). Creating type You can create horizontal or vertical type anywhere in an image. Depending on how you use the type tool, you can enter point type or paragraph type. Point type is useful for entering a single word or a line of characters; paragraph type is useful for entering and formatting the type as one or more paragraphs. About type Type consists of mathematically defined shapes that describe the letters, numbers, and symbols of a typeface. Many typefaces are available in more than one format, the most common formats being Type 1 (also called PostScript fonts), TrueType, and OpenType. When you add type to an image, the characters are composed of pixels and have the same resolution as the image file-zooming in on characters shows jagged edges. However, Photoshop and ImageReady preserve the vectorbased type outlines and use them when you scale or resize type, save a PDF or EPS file, or print the image to a PostScript printer. As a result, it's possible to produce type with crisp, resolutionindependent edges. Type entered as point type (top) and in a bounding box. When you create type, a new type layer is added to the Layers palette. In Photoshop, you can also create a selection border in the shape of the type. Note: In Photoshop, a type layer is not created for images in Multichannel, Bitmap, or Indexed Color mode, because these modes do not support layers. In these image modes, type appears on the background and cannot be edited.