Chapter 14: type, Creating type, About type and type layers – Adobe Photoshop CS4 User Manual
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Chapter 14: Type
Type in Adobe Photoshop CS4 consists of vector-based type outlines—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, OpenType, New CID, and CID nonprotected
(Japanese only). Photoshop preserves vector-based type outlines and uses 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,
resolution-independent edges.
Creating type
About type and type layers
When you create type, a new type layer is added to the Layers panel.
Important: Type layers aren’t created for images in Multichannel, Bitmap, or Indexed Color mode, because these modes
don’t support layers. In
these modes, type appears on the background as rasterized text.
After you create a type layer, you can edit the type and apply layer commands to it.
Once you make a change to a type layer that requires it to be rasterized, however, Photoshop converts the vector-based
type outlines to pixels. Rasterized type no longer has vector outlines and is uneditable as type. See “
You can make the following changes to a type layer and still edit the type:
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Change the orientation of type.
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Apply anti-aliasing.
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Convert between point type and paragraph type.
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Create a work path from type.
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Apply transformation commands from the Edit menu, except for Perspective and Distort.
Note: To transform part of the type layer, you must first rasterize the type layer.
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Use layer styles.
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Use fill shortcuts .
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Warp type to conform to a variety of shapes.
More Help topics
Create type along or inside a path