Photoshop Type Tutorials
Learn All About Photoshop Type With Tutorials At Photoshop Essentials.com!
Need to add text to your images, designs or layouts? In this section of Photoshop Essentials, you'll find our complete collection of tutorials on working with type in Photoshop! Learn the basics of adding and editing type with the Type Tool, how to add type inside a text box with area type, how to access all of Photoshop's type-related options in the Character and Paragraph panels, how to add type on a path, plus much more! New Photoshop Type tutorials are added regularly, so be sure to check back often for the latest updates!
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Photoshop Type Essentials
A picture may be worth a thousand words, but sometimes we still need to add our own words to an image or design layout. In this tutorial, we cover the basics and essentials of adding, editing and working with type in Photoshop!
Photoshop Type - Point vs Area Type
Learn the difference between point and area type in Photoshop, and how area type lets us easily wrap larger amounts of text onto multiple lines inside resizable text boxes!
Photoshop Type - The Character Panel
Photoshop gives us quick access to a few type options in the Options Bar, but its more interesting and advanced options for working with type are found in the Character and Paragraph panels. In this tutorial, we learn all about the Character panel options like leading, tracking, kerning, baseline shift, and more!
Photoshop Type - The Paragraph Panel
Photoshop's Character and Paragraph panels work as a team to give us full access to every type option available in Photoshop. In this tutorial, we learn about the paragraph-based options in the Paragraph panel like alignment, justification, paragraph spacing, and more!
Photoshop Type - An Easy Way To Set Your Type Size
Tired of guessing at font sizes when adding text to your Photoshop documents? Learn how to scale your type to any size you need, with a live preview of the results that makes it easy to choose the right font size every time!
Photoshop Type - Creating Warped Text
Learn how Photoshop's built-in Warp Text options make it easy to twist, stretch and distort type into all kinds of different shapes and designs, all while keeping the text and the effect itself fully editable!
Creating Type On A Path In Photoshop
In this Photoshop Basics tutorial, learn how to easily make your text flow along the shape and direction of a path!
Use Custom Shapes As Text Frames In Photoshop
In this Photoshop Basics tutorial, learn how to create more interesting text layouts in your designs using custom shapes as text frames, and watch as your text fills the area inside the shape!
Combining Text With Custom Shapes In Photoshop
In this Photoshop Basics tutorial, learn how to create fun designs and interesting logos by combining text with custom shapes! You'll learn how to convert text to a shape, how to add other shapes to text and how to use shapes to cut holes out of letters!
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