ype Tool

The Type Tools are what you will use

when you want to add text to a
Photoshop document. The Type Tool
comes in four different variations and
allows users to create both horizontal
and vertical type.
Note that whenever your create type in
Photoshop, a new Type Layer will be
added to your Layers Palette.
Point Type
- created by simply clicking on any part of the work area using the
Type tool

Paragraph Type
- created by dragging the Type tool, forming a paragraph margin

Type on Path
- created using Pen tool or Shape tool to draw a path and then, clicking
on the drawn path using the Type tool.
1. Select the Horizontal Type Tool (Type Icon)
from the Tools Palette.
2. Click and drag to create a text frame. Release
your mouse when it is the size you desire.
3. Use the Tool Options Palette or Character
Palette to select your desired font and font size.
4. Type your text.
5. Select the Move Tool to deactivate the Type
Tool move your text box to desired location on
document.
1. Select the Type Layer you wish to edit from
the Layers Palette.
2. Select the Type Tool (Type Icon) from the
Tools Palette.
3. Click on the text in the document using your
Type Tool (Type Icon) and highlight it.
4. Type or use the Tool Options Palette or
Character Palette to edit text.
1. Select the Type Layer you wish to edit from
the Layers Palette.
2. Select the Type Tool (Type Icon) from the
Tools Palette.
3. Click on the text in the document using your
Type Tool (Type Icon) to activate the type
frame.
4. Move your cursor to a corner handle of the
frame until you see a double-sided arrow and
click and drag frame to desired size.
Horizontal Type Tool - The Horizontal Type Tool is your basic type tool. It allows
you to create basic text on a horizontal plane.

Icon Vertical Type Tool - This tool allows you to create basic text that is written
on a vertical plane (from top to bottom).

Horizontal Type Mask Tool - This tool creates a selection of the text rather than
live text. The selections can then be used to create masks and clippings.

Vertical Type Mask Tool - This tool creates a selection of the text rather than live
text. The text will be formatted on a vertical plane. The selections can then be
used to create masks and clippings.
The Type Tool Options Palette will always appear whenever a Type Tool
(Type Tool) is selected. This is where you can perform basic formatting
to your type, such as changing font, font size, alignment, and color. But
know that there are more formatting options in the Character and
Paragraph Palettes.
Character Palette
When editing type in
Photoshop, you can use either
the Tools Options Palette or
the Character Palette. One
advantage of the Character
Palette is that is provides you
with more options such as
being able to adjust tracking,
leading, and kerning.
Paragraph Palette
The Paragraph Palette is very
useful if you are working with
paragraphs or large blocks of
text. The Paragraph Palette
houses options such as
alignment, indentation, and
word hyphenation.
 Preferably a folktale or children’s story
 It can be in Tagalog or English
 It can be a foreign folktale, local story, or classics
 The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter – Japanese
 Urashima Taro – Japanese
 Momotaro the Peach Boy – Japanese
 Kintaro the Golden Boy – Japanese
 The Heavenly Maiden and the Woodcutter – Korean
 The Tongue-cut Sparrow – Japanese
 The Monkey and the Tortoise – Tagalog
 The Legend of the Pineapple – Tagalog
 Stories from the Thousand and One Nights / Arabian Nights
 Search for Edmund Dulac
- Stories by Hans Christian Andersen
- Stories from the Allied Nations
A Plate from the Little
Mermaid, Illustration by
Edmund Dulac
Plates from Aladdin
and the Magical
Lamp

Plate 1: The Efrit

(Genie)
Plate 2: Meeting
Princess
Badrloulbudour

Illustration by
Edmund Dulac
Plates from Urashima
Taro

Urashima Taro
meeting the Dragon
King’s Daughter

Illustration by
Edmund Dulac