How to Insert Text in Photoshop

Adobe Photoshop is most used for illustration and image editing. You can also add text in Photoshop and adjust properties (such as font, text size and color, create ads, images or titles). Note: people insert text in Photoshop mainly to add a visual element with a short message to a Photoshop image instead of entering paragraphs or text documents.

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Select the Type tool with a "T" shape from the tool palette. You can click the icon or just press the letter "T" on your keyboard to open the text tool. You can then click anywhere on the image to enter text.

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Set up text settings using the top menu. After you click the Text tool, a group of options will appear at the top of the Photoshop screen where you can choose color, font, size, and alignment. We can also use "Character" or "Paragraph", this option is similar to the text editing box in programs like Microsoft Word. You can find these frames by clicking "Window" at the top of the screen and looking for the "Character" and "Paragraph" options.

Font: allows you to choose the names of different fonts, such as Arial and Times New Roman.

Font Size: adjust points in the font size to make text larger or smaller.

Font Alignment: choose the position of the text in the middle or close to the right or left.

Font Color: click on the font color palette to choose different colors for the text.

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Click on the image where you want to add text in Photoshop. If you just click somewhere on the image, the mouse pointer will appear where the first letter appears. You just need to enter and Photoshop will add the text from this starting point.

If you just insert simple text, that's it.

If you know how to use the pen tool, you can click on a path to enter text along that line.

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Before typing, click and drag the text tool so the text is in just one area. If you want text to be in a specific area, you can click and drag to define that area before entering. Text that does not fit within the specified area will not appear unless you reduce the font size.

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Click outside the text box or press Ctrl (Control) and Enter to see how the text will ultimately appear on the Photoshop image. If the program keeps starting new text when you click outside, just click another tool to exit the text editor and continue. You can double-click the text or just select the Text tool and click the text again to edit the font and style at any time.

You won't be able to edit text if you rasterize. If you accidentally see the Rasterize option, just ignore it for now.

If the text layer is currently selected, you can press Ctrl-T or Cmd-T to resize it manually instead of reselecting a new font size.

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Click and hold the mouse on the Text icon in the toolbar to display various text input options. Note: this icon is shaped like the letter "T". When you click on the letter T and hold down the mouse, the following alt text options will appear.

Horizontal Type Tool: the most used, this tool allows you to enter text horizontally from left to right. This is the default option if you simply click the Text tool.

Vertical Type Tool: Allows you to type text vertically instead of from left to right.

Horizontal Type Mask Tool: This tool turns text into a mask and is applied in many interesting Photoshop tricks. As soon as you click, the program adds a layer below the text and uses it to "color" as you type.

Vertical Type Mask Tool: Works similarly to the Horizontal Type Mask option, however text will be entered vertically instead of from left to right.

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Use the "Paragraph" and "Character" menus to change line spacing, remove spaces, and more advanced options. If you want control over text, the Character and Paragraph menu is what you're looking for. The Character menu icon is the letter A with a vertical line behind it. The Paragraph option has a P icon with two vertical lines and a colored circle, but you can also click "Window → "Paragraph" if you can't find it.

Click and drag the icons in each menu to try them out. You can immediately see the effect of the option in practice. Most of them impact line spacing.

The Character menu mainly affects the actual style, while Paragraph adjusts the overall text block and line alignment.

If you can't access Paragraph Options, right-click the text and select "Convert to Paragraph Text".

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Right-click on the text and select "Blending Options" to display effects for a professional look. Blending Options allow you to add shadows, outlines, glows and even 3D tools, each of which is fully customizable. Although you're free to try your hand at it in the Blending Options menu, here are some key effects that create beautiful text:

Bevel & Emboss: This tool creates 3D text by gathering strokes of text into a 3D tube-like cylinder.

Stroke: This option outlines the text with a colored stroke, bold stroke, and pattern of your choice.

The Overlays: These options will change the font color, setting a new color, pattern or gradient onto the text shape. You can even reduce the opacity of the overlays to create interesting shading and blending effects.

Drop Shadow: Adds a short, movable shadow behind the text (like there is a wall a few meters behind the text). You can change the angle, softness and shadow size.

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Find and add new fonts online. Adding fonts to Photoshop is extremely easy. You just need to download the font, drag and drop it into the program to add it. With the keyword "Free Fonts" or "free fonts", we can find everything we need.

Fonts are usually .ttf files.