Photoshop CS6 All-in-One For Dummies

Chapter 3: Creating and Editing Type

In This Chapter

Discovering different kinds of type

Getting to know the type tools

Entering text

Making type follow a path

Using the Character and Paragraph panels

Editing text

Creating character and paragraph styles

Exploring masking, shaping, and warping effects

For an image-editing program, Photoshop has surprisingly good tools for creating type. Over time, features have been added that let you create paragraphs of text or simple lines of text used as headlines or labels. You can change the spacing between characters, warp your type, check your spelling, or create selections in the shape of text. Drop shadows, beveled type, and other special effects ...