Entering Type in a Bounding Box

The Type tool can produce sophisticated text effects. Combined with Photoshop s layer styles, the graphic possibilities are endless. Follow these steps to place and manipulate the Amazing Flying Women from Outer Space text:

1. Display all the layers in the document by pressing the Option/Alt key and clicking the eye icon next to the Background.

2. Target the Purple layer set, which is topmost in the stack, to ensure that the Type layer you are about to create will appear above all the other layers.

3. Select the Type tool. Place your cursor on the image at the 1 ² horizontal mark and the 2 ² vertical mark. Drag downward and to the right to the 4.75 ² vertical and 9 ² horizontal mark to produce a bounding box. Enter the following text specifications in the Options bar:

   Font	Times
   Size	90 pt
   Anti-Alias	Smooth
   Alignment	Centered
   Color	Red

4. Display the Character palette (Window ’ Character, or click the Palettes button on the Options bar); Set Leading field to 95 pt.

5. You ll see a blinking insertion point in the bounding box. Type this: Amazing <Return> Flying Women . When you re finished typing, click the check mark on the Options bar. This will create a new Type layer named Amazing Flying Women. Your text should resemble Figure H2.17.

   
   Figure H2.17: The basic headline for the poster