![]() ![]() To keep the proportions of your scaling you have to Shift-drag a corner handle. Click a corner handle and drag to scale the height or the width. The other thing about this is that you can now start to scale interactively. Remember, this will only work if you have the Move Tool selected. If you want to see the bounding box for a block of your text, simply select the Move Tool (V), click the type layer in the Layers Palette, and check Show Transform Controls in the Options Bar. ![]() Making The Bounding Box For A Type Layer Visible On a big screen the Options Bar Menu gives me a much longer initial list and seems to be a little more speedy than the Character Palette Menu. No Options Bar showing? Make sure you have it selected to show by going to Menu> Window> Options. For example "my" will jump you instantly to Myriad.įor more precise control when browsing your fonts, you can also scroll through the list font-by-font by using your Up and Down keyboard arrow keys.Īs an experiment, the next time you have the type tool selected, instead of choosing to view your font list through the Character Palette try using the Options Bar (the top bar that floats just below the menu) to view your fonts. If you have a lot of fonts that start with the same letter, just type more letters from the name of the font for it to become selected. I also use this technique to quickly jump to the middle of my font list or to go right to the end, by simply hitting "M" or "Z" on the keyboard. Now here's another tip when you scroll through the font list, if you have a lot of fonts (and who doesn't!) and you feel like it's taking forever to scroll through them, you can just hit one of the letters on your keyboard to jump to that section of your fonts. A "TT" indicates a TrueType font, an "a" indicates a Postscript Type 1 font, and an "O" indicates an OpenType font. You'll also notice that beside each font there will be one of 3 symbols. In the Preferences dialog box choose Type and uncheck Font Preview Size, and the font preview will be turned off. ![]() Once you've made your selection click OK and samples of all of your fonts will now display on the right side of the Character palette menu in whatever size you selected. A tip here is that Small and Medium only change the size of the preview, but Large changes the size of the preview and the size of the font name as well. Once there Control-9 (MAC: Command-9) will jump you to Type Prefs.įrom there you'll find a new Type Preferences Dialog Box, and in it you'll see the option for three preview sizes: Small, Medium and Large. Ok, here are the power user shortcuts: Control-K (MAC: Command-K) brings you to Photoshop Prefs. In Windows you'll find Preferences in the Edit Menu. To do this choose Photoshop> Preferences> Type on the MAC. An extra nice touch is that the size of the font previews can be changed. Now that Photoshop has a nice font preview feature, you can get a glimpse of what your type faces look like right in your Character Palette menu. If you are not familiar with the changes made to layers in CS2, have a look at my Working With Layers tutorial for some help. Some tips below include working with layers. Please note that all of the following tips and tricks are for Photoshop CS2 only. Tips For Working With Type In Photoshop CS2 Download any Adobe product for a free 30 day trial. ![]() Get Adobe Photoshop now at the Adobe Store.įind Photoshop CS4 tutorials and videos on our Photoshop CS4 Tutorials Page. ![]()
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