Creating a type selection border (Photoshop)

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.

To create a type selection border:

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. (See Entering point type and Entering paragraph type.)

The type selection border appears in the image on the active layer.