ptg Type 341 A On the Options bar, use the scrubby slider to change the Font Size of type… B …or enter a Font Size value, or choose a preset size from the menu. C You can also change the type size via the Font Size scrubby slider, eld, or menu on the Character panel. D To scale type pro- portionally with the Move tool, hold down Shift while dragging a corner handle on the transform box. Changing the font size To assign the same font (point) size to all the charac- ters you select, you can use either the Options bar or the Character panel. To change the font size: Method 1 (Options bar) 1. Select the type to be scaled (see step 1 on page 338). 2. Choose the Horizontal Type or Vertical Type tool; then, on the Options bar, use the Font Size icon as a scrubby slider (Alt-drag/Option-drag for smaller increments), A or enter a value, or choose from the menu. B Method 2 (Character panel) On the Layers panel, click a type layer, then change the Font Size on the Character panel. C If the type characters you select are in more than one size and you want to preserve their relative size dif- ferences while scaling them, do so interactively with the Move tool. To scale type with the Move tool: 1. On the Layers panel, click a type layer. 2. Click the Move tool and check Show Transform Controls on the Options bar. On the bounding box for the type, click any handle. 3. Do one of the following: To scale both the height and the width, drag a corner handle. To preserve the proportions of the characters while scaling them (better!), Shift-drag a corner handle. D To scale just the height or the width, drag a side handle. 4. To commit to the scale transformation, click the Commit button on the Options bar or double- click in the text block. (To cancel the edit before committing to it, click the Cancel button on the Options bar or press Esc.) ➤ To typeset narrow or wide characters — type purists that we are — we use a condensed or extended font in which the proportions are balanced. If you use the Vertical Scale or Horizontal Scale control on the Character panel to squeeze or widen type, be aware that this will distort the shape of the characters. ptg 342 Chapter 20 Applying kerning and tracking Kerning changes the spacing between a pair of text characters, whereas tracking changes the spacing between multiple characters. To apply kerning: Method 1 (Character panel) 1. On the Layers panel, double-click a T icon. 2. Click to create an insertion point between any two characters, and show the Character panel. 3. Do one of the following: From the Kerning menu, choose Metrics to apply the kerning value built into the current font or Optical to let Photoshop control the kerning; or use the Kerning icon as a scrubby slider; A or enter or choose a positive or negative value. B ➤ If you need to restore the kerning setting to Optical, select two or more type characters, then choose Optical from the Kerning menu. Method 2 (keyboard) Choose a type tool, insert the cursor between two characters, then press Alt/Option plus the left or right arrow key. Or to kern in a larger increment, press Ctrl-Alt/Cmd-Option and an arrow key. To apply tracking: 1. On the Layers panel, do either of the following: To apply tracking to a whole layer, click the layer. To apply tracking to part of a layer, double-click a T icon, then select some characters or words. 2. Do either of the following: On the Character panel, use the Tracking icon as a scrubby slider or enter or choose a posi- tive or negative tracking value. C If type is selected, you can press Alt/Option and the left or right arrow key (or hold down Ctrl- Alt/Cmd-Option for a larger tracking increment). ➤ To reset the tracking value of selected characters to 0, press Ctrl-Shift-Q/Cmd-Control-Shift-Q. DISPLAYING THE CHARACTER PANEL ➤ If the Character panel is open but collapsed to an icon, click the icon. ➤ Select the Horizontal Type tool or Vertical Type tool, then click the Toggle the Character and Paragraph Panels button on the Options bar. ➤ Choose Window > Character. C On occasion, we might spread out a few words, as in the header in this gure, but never a whole paragraph (that’s a typesetting no-no!). tracking it out Tr ac ki ng c an ma ke t yp e m ore or l es s readable, depending on the tracking value used. Try not to overdo it! B Use a negative kern- ing value to tighten the gap between a pair of characters (we chose a value of –100). A e K e r n i n g a n d T r a c k i n g c o n t r o l s o n the Character panel don’t have equivalents on the Options bar. To change either value quickly, use the scrubby slider (or shortcut). Tracking ptg Type 343 CREATING PRESETS FOR YOUR TYPE TOOL After styling your type, choose the Horizontal or Vertical Type tool, click the type layer, click the Tool Preset picker thumbnail or arrowhead on the left end of the Options bar, click the New Tool Preset button, rename the new preset, then click OK. You can choose your new preset from the Tool Preset picker or Tool Presets panel any time you create type. It’s sort of like having a style sheet, because all your carefully chosen attributes are saved in the preset — except in this case you click the preset before creating the type. You could create presets for print and Web work or for different kinds of projects. A i s i s t h e L e a d i n g a r e a o n t h e C h a r a c t e r p a n e l . Adjusting the leading e Leading value controls the spacing between each line of paragraph type and the line above it. Although theoretically each character could have a dierent leading value (the highest value in a line controls the spacing for the entire line), the spacing will be more uniform and will look better if you apply one value to either a whole line or block of text. To adjust leading in horizontal type: 1. On the Layers panel, do either of the following: Double-click the T icon for a type layer. Optional: Select a line or lines of text that you want to limit the leading change to. Click a type layer. Note: Leading has no eect on the spacing above the rst line in a paragraph. 2. Show the Character panel. Use the Leading icon as a scrubby slider A–C (Alt-drag/Option- drag for ner increments), or enter a value in the eld (.01 to 5000 pt.), or choose a preset value from the menu. e leading will change from Auto to a numerical value. If you’re not sure what value to use, start with a number that’s a couple of points larger than the current font size, then readjust it if needed. ➤ e Auto setting for leading is calculated as a percentage of the font size, and is set in the Justication dialog. To open that dialog, choose Justication from the Paragraph panel menu. For instance, with Auto Leading set to the default percentage of 120%, the leading for 30-point type would be 36 points. To restore the Auto setting to selected type, press Ctrl-Alt-Shift-A/ Cmd-Option-Shift-A. ➤ To reset all of the factory-default settings to the Character panel and to any selected type, choose Reset Character from the Character panel menu. ➤ To adjust the vertical spacing between characters in vertical type, highlight the characters to be adjusted, then change the Tracking value (not the leading value) on the Character panel. ➤ To choose a unit for the Character and Paragraph panels, and to see a list of abbreviations for the units that can be entered in Photoshop elds, see page 393. C A leading value of 120 pt. brings the bottom line of type closer to the top one. B i s t y p e h a s a l e a d i n g v a l u e o f 1 5 4 p t . ptg 344 Chapter 20 Changing the type style To change the type style: 1. To modify a whole type layer, click the layer; or to style some of the type on the layer, double- click the T icon, then select the type to be styled. 2. Click any style button on the Character panel. To identify the buttons, use the tool tips onscreen or refer to Figure A at right. ➤ e Fractional Widths option on the Character panel menu tells Photoshop to use fractions of pixels to control the spacing of type in order to optimize its appearance (this applies to the entire layer). Keep this option checked unless you’re setting small type for Web output. ➤ To choose a “real” italic, bold, or other font style, see “Changing the font family and font style” on page 339. Shifting type from the baseline Use the baseline shift feature to raise or lower type characters from the normal baseline by 1 point at a time. To shift characters from the normal baseline: 1. On the Layers panel, double-click a T icon, then select the characters or words to be shifted. 2. On the Character panel, use the Baseline Shift icon as a scrubby slider (Alt-drag/Option- drag for ner increments), or enter a value. B A positive value raises characters upward, a nega- tive value moves them downward. C–D Note: To shift whole lines of paragraph type, use leading — not baseline shift. To shift a whole layer, drag it with the Move tool (so simple, it’s easy to forget!). ➤ To change the orientation of type from hori- zontal to vertical, or vice versa, right-click a type layer name on the Layers panel and choose Horizontal or Vertical. Or double-click a type layer thumbnail and then, on the Options bar, click the Change Text Orientation button. After changing the orientation, you may need to reposition the type or adjust the tracking. For vertical type, another option is to click the type layer, then uncheck Standard Roman Vertical Alignment on the Character panel menu. B Use the Baseline Shift feature to shift characters or words upward or downward by a few points. A Click a style button on the Character panel. C e s e c h a r a c t e r s h a v e a B a s e l i n e S h i f t v a l u e o f 0 . D e s e c h a r a c t e r s h a v e d i e r e n t B a s e l i n e S h i f t v a l u e s , some positive and some negative. ptg Type 345 Applying paragraph settings With paragraph type, you forgo the manual control of point type but gain some powerful typesetting tools. e Paragraph panel oers controls for justi- cation, alignment, indents, and paragraph spacing, like those you would use in a page layout program. To choose a paragraph alignment or justification option for horizontal type: 1. Do either of the following: On the Layers panel, double-click a T icon, then click in a paragraph or select a series of paragraphs. To apply settings to all the type in a layer, click the layer, but don’t select anything. 2. If the Paragraph panel is open but collapsed to an icon, click the icon. If the panel is closed, choose a type tool, click the Toggle Character and Paragraph Panels button on the Options bar, then click the Paragraph tab. 3. Click an alignment and/or justication button at the top of the panel: A e buttons in the rst group — Left-Align Text, Center Text, and Right-Align Text — align type to the center or an edge of the bounding box that surrounds the type. (Note: ese options can also be used on point type.) e buttons in the second group —Justify Last Left, Justify Last Centered, and Justify Last Right — justify the type, forcing all but the last line to span the full width of the bounding box. CHOOSING YOUR FAVORITE COMPOSER The Adobe Single-Line Composer and Adobe Every-Line Composer algorithms on the Paragraph panel menu control how lines of type wrap within the bounding box, and affect the overall shape of the paragraph. We prefer the Adobe Every-Line option because it automatically adjusts word breaks at the beginning of a paragraph, when necessary, to improve the line breaks and appearance of the paragraph toward the end. Both composers abide by the current Word Spacing and Letter Spacing values in the Justifi cation dialog, which also opens from the panel menu. A e c o n t r o l s o n t h e P a r a g r a p h p a n e l a e c t o n l y paragraph type — not point type. Horizontal Alignment buttons (use the tool tips to identify them) Indent Left Margin Indent First Line Add Space Before Paragraph Auto-hyphenate Add Space After Paragraph Indent Right Margin e last button, Justify All, forces all lines, including the last one, to span the full width of the bounding box. 4. Check Hyphenate at the bottom of the panel to enable automatic hyphenation. If you chose a jus- tied alignment option, turning on hyphenation is especially recommended, because it will help to minimize the gaps between words. ➤ To change the alignment and/or justication values for vertical type, the procedure is the same as described on this page, except the buttons have dierent labels. ➤ To reset all currently selected paragraphs to the factory-default settings, choose Reset Paragraph from the Paragraph panel menu. ➤ To specify parameters for hyphenation, choose Hyphenation from the Paragraph panel menu. . Kerning menu, choose Metrics to apply the kerning value built into the current font or Optical to let Photoshop control the kerning; or use the Kerning icon as a scrubby slider; A or enter or choose. either of the following: To apply tracking to a whole layer, click the layer. To apply tracking to part of a layer, double-click a T icon, then select some characters or words. 2. Do either of the. and Paragraph panels, and to see a list of abbreviations for the units that can be entered in Photoshop elds, see page 393. C A leading value of 120 pt. brings the bottom line of type closer