Working with type layers

Once you create a type layer, you can edit the type and apply layer commands to it. You can change the orientation of the type, apply anti-aliasing, convert between point type and paragraph type, create a work path from type, or convert type to shapes. You can move, restack, copy, and change the layer options of a type layer as you do for a normal layer. You can also make the following changes to a type layer and still edit the type:

• Apply transformation commands from the Edit menu, except for Perspective and Distort.

Note: To apply the Perspective or Distort commands, or to transform part of the type layer, you must first rasterize the type layer, turning the type shapes into a pixel image. Keep in mind that rasterized type no longer has vector outlines and is uneditable as type. For more information, see Rasterizing type layers.

• Use layer styles.
• Use fill shortcuts. To fill with the foreground color, press Alt+Backspace (Windows) or Option+Delete (Mac OS); to fill with the background color, press Ctrl+Backspace (Windows) or Command+Delete (Mac OS).
• Warp type to conform to a variety of shapes.

Related Subtopics:

Editing text in type layers
Rasterizing type layers
Changing type layer orientation
Specifying anti-aliasing
Converting between point type and paragraph type
Warping type layers
Creating text on a path (Photoshop)
Creating a work path from type (Photoshop)
Converting type to shapes (Photoshop)