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ADOBE PHOTOSHOP CS2
User Guide
To convert type to shapes
When you convert type to shapes, the type layer is replaced by a layer with a vector mask. You can edit the vector
mask and apply styles to the layer; however, you cannot edit characters in the layer as text.
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Select a type layer, and choose Layer > Type > Convert To Shape.
Note:
You cannot create shapes from fonts that don't include outline data (such as bitmap fonts).
See also
“About shapes and paths” on page 449
To create a type selection border
When you use the Horizontal Type Mask tool or Vertical Type Mask tool, you create a selection in the shape of the
type. Type selections appear on the active layer, and can be moved, copied, filled, or stroked just like any other
selection.
1
Select the layer on which you want the selection to appear. For best results, create the type selection border on a
normal image layer, not a type layer.
2
Select the Horizontal Type Mask tool
or the Vertical Type Mask tool
.
3
Select additional type options, and enter type at a point or in a bounding box.
A red mask appears over the active layer as you enter the type. After you click the Commit button
, the type
selection border appears in the image on the active layer.
Formatting characters
Formatting characters
Photoshop and ImageReady give you precise control over individual characters in type layers, including their font,
size, color, leading, kerning, tracking, baseline shift, and alignment. You can set type attributes before you enter
characters or reset them to change the appearance of selected characters in a type layer.
Before you can format individual characters, you must select them. You can select one character, a range of
characters, or all characters in a type layer.
To select characters
1
Do one of the following:
•
(Photoshop) Select the Horizontal Type tool
or the Vertical Type tool
.
•
(ImageReady) Select the Type tool
2
Select the type layer in the Layers palette, or click in the text flow to automatically select a type layer.
3
Position the insertion point in the text, and do one of the following:
.
•
Drag to select one or more characters.
•
Click in the text and then Shift-click to select a range of characters.
•
Choose Select > All to select all the characters in the layer.
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