SUBJECT: Creating a square or rectangular bounding box for text
PROGRAM: PSE8
PREREQUISITES: Be able to open a document in Photoshop and use the type tool to create text
One of the most common complaints I hear about PSE is that it doesn’t have the option of creating paths for texts and text fills. Alas I don’t have a magic trick. However, if you want to create text in square or rectangle, there is no need to put ‘returns’ at the end of each line of text. Selecting your text tool and clicking and dragging on your canvas before you begin typing will assure your text stays neatly in the preassigned area. Here are the step-by-step details.
Select the text tool from the Tools Palette.
Click and drag on your canvas where you want your text to go. There should now be ‘marching ants’ around your selections.
Type your text and you are done. Of course you can edit your text, size, font, etc.
My finished page.
Credits: Santa’s Bake Shoppe by Misty Cato and Julie Billingsley, Fonts -HVD Poster and Courier New
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