In todays Photoshop Tip, I’ll show you how to change the orientation of your text between Horizontal and Vertical Type. Very useful for beginning users looking to learn more about the Type Tools.
The Vertical Type Tool
The Horizontal Type Tool is probably one of the most common tools in Photoshop. It easily casts shadows over its sister tool, the Vertical Type Tool.
“Wait… there’s more than one Type Tool?”
Yup. You just hardly ever see it since it’s stuck behind the Horizontal Type Tool. Shouldn’t there be an easier way to switch between the two text orientations since the tools are so similar?
Quickly Change Type Orientation
There actually is a very simple way to change text orientation on the fly, without switching between tools, or recreating text.
While you are working with some type in a document, you can switch back and forth all in one simple click by pressing the Change the Text Orientation button.
That sure makes things easier!
Drawing and Type Tools
Photoshop’s Toolbox
Working with Layers in Photoshop
The Selection Tools
Hey, this is very helpful! Thanks a lot.
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While you’re on the subject of text orientation, I thought I might mention something else cool that you can do (not to steal any glory). If you use the pen tool and draw a line, you can then grab the text tool and type along the line!
nice tutorial for a beginner like me.
i have a problem, how can i type a message
in paragraph?
what i mean is, when typing, only 1 line i can type!
i cannot make it below, otherwise u will
add another layers 2 create new texts..
help me pls! thanx & more power…
you just need to press enter and it will go down to the next line so that you wont be making a new layer.