The Type Tool

Well, what's there to know about the type tool? I mean, it types, but that's it?

Perhaps you haven't dug deeply enough and found everything there is about the feature. This tutorial will cover everything you can do with the text tool.

First off, create a new document,

Part 1: The Basics

Now, write some text in black, mine is in the following format:

It was a bit long, so I cut it, but I'm sure you can understand the text bar in two pieces, so write whatever you want.

Now, lets analyze every feature, so first, the first button in the menu bar, which has to be used before actually writing the text, so press in your menu.

should now be clickable, and look more like this:

Click the dropdown menu, and you should see a few font pre-sets. Click the arrow , and below I will explain the features.

	After you have set a font that you like, pressing the New Tool Preset will add it to the list of preset fonts.
	Select a preset font you wish to rename, and then use this option to do it.
	Select the preset font you wish to delete, and then use this option to do it.
	This will order your preset tools by its type, font, brush, etc.
	This will show all the tool presets regardless of which tool you are using.
	This will how you only the tool presets that are related to the tool you are using, if you are using the brush, it will only show brush presets.
	Text Only will cause the Presets to look much more 'basic', as it will eliminate the thumbnail, and show text only.
	A small list will show the presets in a relatively small font. A large list however, will make the icons and font significantly bigger, for instance, if you can't read it well.
	If you have saved a couple presets but are confused and wish to start over, reset tool will reset the tool you are currently using.
	Reset all tools will set all your tools to their original, default settings.
	The Preset Manager will open up a new window in which you will be able to load a new Preset, make a new one, save one, or rename one.
	Reset Tool Presets will reset the Preset tools you are using to the default ones, just in case you have loaded a new set of tools, etc.
	This tool will load a previously saved tool preset onto your Preset list.
	If you have saved a lot of different types of fonts, use this to save them onto your computer for a faster access.
	Replacing a tool preset will take your current configuration, and replace it with one that has already been saved.
	These are the saved .TPL (tool presets) that are on your computer. Clicking on any of them will load them onto your Tool Preset Picker.
	This is how it looks if you add a Custom Preset, it will appear in the .TPL list.

Now, we will continue the normal text menu. The next button is the Text Orientation Tool, , which will change the format things are written in. It will change the orientation from horizontal, to the right, to vertical, to the left. It is pretty useful when you wish to write something vertically.

With this drop-down menu, you can choose any font you would like, and the dropdown menu includes a small example, just incase you wish to preview it.

As we can see, this tool is used to choose how you want your font, whether it's regular, italic, bold, or bold italic, you are given a small example as well.

The next tool, , proves to be very useful, as clicking and holding on it will change your cursor into a hand, with horizontal arrows, moving your cursor to the left will decrease the font size, while moving the cursor to the right will increase the font size (obviously still holding the mouse click), let go when you are satisfied with the font size. If you cannot use this tool, use the

where you can type in whichever font you desire, or choose one from the dropdown list.

The anti-aliasing method

can change some simple properties of your font making it look better/different.

Example	Anti-Aliasing Method
	None
	Sharp
	Crisp
	Strong
	Smooth

The next four tools in the menu are pretty common, and simple tools. The aligns the text to the left. The aligns the text to the middle. The aligns the text to the right. The lets you choose the font color you desire.

Part 2: The different types of Warped Text

So, you may need to either decrease your font, or make a large document to better-view these results.

Now, you will click on , and you will get the warp menu. Choose whichever warp you want, the results for horizontal warps are below!

Note: You can also do Vertical Warps, but it is recommended you use vertical text with the Text Orientation Tool.

A pretty interesting and useful detail: You can modify after/before warps, regardless of the text's blending options, styles etc (as long as its not rasterized.)

Now, we will emphasize on the last tool of this tutorial, the character tool, .

	This tool will set the leading in your text.
	This tool will give your text spacing, l i k e t h i s !
	This tool will not space the text, but rather stretch it horizontally.
	This tool will modify the spacing, but it will do it decently, not allowing letters to end up on top of each other, etc.
	This tool will stretch the text vertically.
	This tool will move the whole text up/down according to what you put.

Finally, we have the different types of text, which are below:

	Faux Bold
	Faux Italic
	ALL CAPS
	SMALL CAPS
	SuperScript
	SubScript
	Underline
	Strikethrough

That's it, thank you, and Enjoy!