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Editing vector text layers
After text has been added to your document as a vector text layer, you can still edit it at any time
by selecting one of the Type tools and clicking the text in the document window. With the text
object selected, you can use the mouse to select a portion of the text by dragging over it just as you
would in any text editor.
Note
If you have vector text layers that overlap each other, clicking them selects the top layer. You may need to change
the order of layers in the Layers panel to select text in a vector text layer that is underneath another one.
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It is important to keep in mind that while you are editing text, some of the changes, such as font
size and color, apply only to the selected text, while other changes, such as alignment or kerning,
apply to the entire paragraph, regardless of the what text is selected. Each time you press Enter in a
paragraph type text box, a new paragraph is started. That means you can make different format
changes for each paragraph in the same paragraph type bounding box.
Tip
When you are in Edit mode, Photoshop displays selection guidelines and other editing aids. This can make it
difficult to follow the text. While you are in Edit mode, you can use the Ctrl/Ô+H hotkey to toggle displaying
the guidelines and editing aids and even turn the selection highlight on and off. This makes it easier to read the
text and see the effect of making edits.
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Photoshop provides a number of options to format and edit the text and to format and affect vector
text layers. Some of these options are located in the Type tool options menu we discussed earlier.
Some of them are found in the Character and Paragraph panels, which are discussed later in this
chapter.
Several options are available by using one of the Type tools to right-click the text to bring up the
Text Edit pop-up menu, shown in Figure 18.6. If the text is already selected when right-clicking, a
slightly different menu will be displayed with options for the selected text. The following sections
cover the options available in this menu.
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You should be aware that when in Edit mode, not all these options are available. For example, you cannot ras-
terize the text or convert between point type and paragraph type. Also, many of these options are available
from the Layers panel menu when the vector text layer is selected.
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Edit Type
The Edit Type option puts Photoshop in Text Edit mode in the vector text layer that was clicked.
While in Edit mode, you can adjust the settings in the Type tool options menu or in the Character
and Paragraph panels to edit and format the text.
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FIGURE 18.6
Right-clicking text using a Type tool displays a menu giving you several options to edit the vector text
layer.
Check Spelling
The Check Spelling option launches a Check Spelling dialog box similar to the one in Figure 18.7
if there are any misspellings in the text. The Check Spelling dialog box displays misspelled words,
offers suggestions, and allows you to apply changes, ignore the misspelling, or add the word to
Photoshop’s dictionary. If the Check All Layers option is selected, all vector text layers are spell-
checked.
FIGURE 18.7
Photoshop provides a built-in spell checker that allows you to quickly find and fix misspelled words in
your text.
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Find and Replace Text
The Find and Replace Text option can be useful if you need to quickly find text in your document
or if you have been misspelling a word and need to change the spelling in several different places.
For the most part, you likely are not adding lots of text to your images, so you may never need this

feature. However, if you ever do, it can save lots of time.
Rasterize Type
The Rasterize Type option converts the vector data in the vector text layer into pixel data. You can
no longer edit it as text; instead, the layer is treated as a raster layer just as if you had used the
paint tools to create the text. Converting the text to a raster image can be useful if you want to
apply effects to the text as a pixel image—for example, applying a filter to soften edges.
Create Work Path
The Create Work Path option uses the vector anchor and line data from the selected text to gener-
ate the working vector path. The new working path is displayed around the text and is available in
the Paths panel, as shown in Figure 18.8. The vector text layer remains unchanged, and you can
still edit and use it as you normally would.
FIGURE 18.8
You can use the vector text layer to create a working path from the vector data in the text.
Cross-Ref
For more information about how to edit and use vector paths, see Chapter 17.
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Convert to Shape
The Convert to Shape option converts the selected vector text layer into a vector shape layer. The
new vector shape layer replaces the vector text layer in the Layers panel, as shown in Figure 18.9.
The vector text layer is no longer available for text editing; instead, you need to treat the layer as a
vector shape layer.
Converting text to a vector shape opens a variety of possibilities for editing. For example, Figure
18.9 shows how we used the Direct Selection tool to drag some of the anchors and adjust the
direction lines to completely alter the look of the character.
FIGURE 18.9
You can convert a vector text layer into a vector shape layer and then use the vector tools to edit and use
the shape.

Horizontal/Vertical
The Horizontal and Vertical options allow you to toggle the text arrangement from a horizontal
flow to a vertical flow.
Anti-Alias adjustment
The Anti-Alias options allow you to quickly set the type of anti-alias adjustment to apply to the
selected vector text layer.
Faux options
The Faux Bold and Faux Italics options allow you to apply a fake bold or italic style to the selected
text. If you have selected a potion of the text, this option applies only to the selected text and not
to the entire paragraph. If you have not selected any text, this applies to the entire paragraph.
Typically, you should avoid using the Faux text options because they don’t look nearly as good as
if the font family has a supported bold or italics font.
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Convert to Point Text/Paragraph Text
The Convert to Point Text and Convert to Paragraph Text options allow you to toggle the text
between the point type and paragraph type styles. This can be useful if you want to add a bound-
ing box to a point type text layer or if you want to remove the restrictions of the bounding box
from a paragraph type text layer.
Warp Text
The Warp Text option allows you to apply a warp effect to the selected text. A dialog box similar to
the one in Figure 18.10 is displayed that allows you to apply one of a number of warps such as
arcs, bells, and waves.
FIGURE 18.10
The Warp Text option allows you to apply several warping effects to text. You can control the amount of
warp, direction, and distribution of the distortion that is applied.
The Warp Text dialog box allows you to set the following options:
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Style: Allows you to select from one of the available warping options. The options are

grouped together in groups for arc, bell, wave, and radial distortions.
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Horizontal: Applies the warp in a horizontal fashion from top to bottom.
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Vertical: Applies the warp in a vertical fashion from left to right.
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Bend: Specifies the percentage of bend from −100% to +100%. The amount of bend
determines the extent of the distortion applied to the text.
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Horizontal Distortion: Defines how the warp is distributed horizontally across the text.
Using negative horizontal distortion has the effect of increasing the height on the left side,
making the text look as though it is getting farther away from right to left. Using positive
horizontal distortion has the effect of increasing the height on the right side and decreas-
ing the height of the text on the left side, making the text look as though it is getting
closer from right to left.
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Vertical Distortion: Defines how the warp is distributed vertically across the text. Using
negative vertical distortion has the effect of increasing the width of the top of the text
while decreasing the width of the bottom, making the text look as though it is tipping for-
ward. Using positive vertical distortion has the effect of decreasing the width of the top of
the text while increasing the width of the bottom, making the text look as though it is tip-
ping backward.
Using the available options in the Warp Text dialog box, you can create an amazing number of
warping effects. Figure 18.11 shows a few of the different effects that warping can have on the text.
FIGURE 18.11
Using different combinations of the settings in the Warp Text dialog box results in an infinite number of
warping effects on the text.

Arc Vertical
50% Blend
Shell Lower Vertical
30% Bend
25% Vertical Distortion
Squeeze Horizontal
30% Bend
30% Vertical Distortion
Flag Horizontal
80% Bend
-10% Horizontal
Layer Style
One of the great features of applying text as a layer is that you can apply layer styles to create some
great effects that completely change the appearance. Because the effect is applied as a layer style to
a vector text layer, you can still edit the text as you normally would and the layer style is applied to
the edited text.
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When you select the Layer Style option, the Layer Style dialog box is displayed. You can then make
the layer style adjustments and apply them to the vector text layer. After you have applied the layer
style, the applied effects are added to the vector text layer in the Layers panel, where you can edit
them. For example, Figure 18.12 shows applying the Inner Shadow, Inner Glow, Bevel and
Emboss, Gradient Overlay, and Stroke effects to a vector text layer.
FIGURE 18.12
Because vector text is applied as a layer, you can use the Layer Style option to apply a variety of layer
styles to your text.
Layer Style button
Cross-Ref
You can do lots of different things when applying layer styles to vector text layers. For more information about

layer styles and how to apply them, see Chapter 10.
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Using the Character panel
Most of the settings that you apply to text can be done from the Character panel shown in Figure
18.13. The Character panel provides most of the options found in the Type tool options menu and
several additional ones that help you define the behavior and appearance of the text.
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