Adobe 23101335 User Guide - Page 40

30 Adobe Photoshop Basics Working with type Creating type Photoshop and ImageReady provide excellent support for adding graphic type and text to images. You can enter and preview type directly in an image, as well as specify a full range of formatting options. Type is automatically added to a new layer. Set a type insertion point Select the type tool ( ) in the toolbox, and do one of the following: • To enter type at a point, click in the image to set an insertion point. The type is added starting from the point you click. • To enter type inside a bounding box, drag in the image to define the box. The type automatically wraps to fit inside the bounding box. Set type attributes You can use the options bar, Character palette, or Paragraph palette to specify various type attributes, such as orientation, font, style, color, and alignment. Enter text Enter the desired text using the keyboard, pressing Enter or Return to start new paragraphs. You can continue to change type attributes in the options bar, the Character palette, or the Paragraph palette as you enter additional text. In Photoshop, you must commit the type to its type layer before you can perform other operations. Click the Commit button ( ) in the options bar to commit the type.