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. (To apply the Perspective or Distort commands, or to transform part of the type layer, you must rasterize the type layer, making the type uneditable.)
• 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 a work path from type (Photoshop)
Converting type to shapes (Photoshop)