Adobe Photoshop Using TEXT Tool

 

Using text tool Adobe Photoshop

Here are some options when using text in Adobe Photoshop
Lets show the menu

To start off, we need to show the Character Menu from the window options, go to Window > Character. This will show the character window in your application.

Text tools in Adobe Photoshop

Lets take a look at what each part does. First we need to create some text in your document. I used a new document to demonstrate this, but you can use whatever document you like. Create text by using the text tool:

Text tools in Adobe Photoshop

Now that we have our text, you can change the font family with the first option which is found on the commonly used text toolbar.

Text tools in Adobe Photoshop

Or you can change the font type with the second option, which is also found on the text toolbar.

The other two options that appear on the text toolbar are text color and the font size. Two very commonly used options with text.

Let’s take a look at some options that are not on the text toolbar, but are very useful on the character palette. The first of which is the Line height option. Text tools in Adobe Photoshop Setting this value smaller than your text will cause the text to overlap, as seen by the following image.



Next up is the Letter Spacing Text tools in Adobe Photoshop. Changing this option, which is in fact my favorite, will cause your letters to be more evenly spaced apart.

Text tools in Adobe Photoshop

Another feature set of options, which are great for making logos, are the horizontal scalar tool and the vertical scalar tool. They can change the look of the text dramatically. Here is what they can do:

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