Working with type layers

Once you create a type layer, you can edit the type and apply layer commands to it. You can change the orientation of the type, apply anti-aliasing, and warp the type into a variety of shapes. You can move, restack, copy, and change the layer options of a type layer as you do for a normal layer. You can also make the following changes to a type layer and still edit its text:

Note: To apply the Perspective or Distort commands, or to transform part of the type layer, you must simplify the type layer, making the type uneditable.

Note: After committing a type layer, clicking in the text area with the move tool () will select the type layer. A bounding box appears around the selected text if Show Bounding Box is selected in the options bar. Clicking outside the bounding box will deselect the type layer if Auto Select Layer is selected in the options bar. You can always click in the text area to select a type layer if the Relaxed Text Selection preference is selected. If this preference is not selected, you need to click the actual type strokes to select a type layer.

Using Type > Working with type layers

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