To Add A Drop Shadow To Text; To Fill Type With An Image - Adobe PHOTOSHOP CS2 User Manual

Original type (left) and type without vertical rotation (right
Select the vertical type you want to rotate or unrotate.
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2 Choose Standard Vertical Roman Alignment from the Character palette menu. A check mark indicates that the
option is selected.
Note: You cannot rotate double-byte characters (full-width characters available only in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean
fonts). Any double-byte characters in the selected range will not be rotated.

To add a drop shadow to text

Add a drop shadow to give depth to text in an image.
In the Layers palette, select the layer containing the text to which you want to add a drop shadow.
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2 Click the Layer Style button
appears.
If possible, position the Layer Style dialog box so that you can see the layer and its drop shadow.
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4 Adjust the settings to your liking. You can change various aspects of the shadow, including the way it blends with
the layers below it, its opacity (how much the underlying layers show through), the angle of the light, and its distance
from the text or object.
When you're satisfied with the drop shadow, click OK.
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To use the same drop shadow settings on another layer, drag the Drop Shadow layer in the Layers palette to the other
layer. When you release the mouse button, Photoshop applies the drop shadow attributes to the layer.
See also
"Layer effects and styles" on page 414

To fill type with an image

You can fill type with an image by applying a clipping mask to an image layer placed above a text layer in the Layers
palette.
1 Open the file containing the image you want to use inside the text.
Select the Horizontal Type tool
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Click the Character tab to bring the Character palette to the front or, if the palette isn't open, choose Window >
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Character.
In the Character palette, select the font and other type attributes for the text. Large, bold, thick letters work best.
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at the bottom of the Layers palette and choose Drop Shadow from the list that
(Photoshop) or the Type tool (ImageReady) in the toolbox.
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