Your text will stay inside the shape you’ve drawn.
The cursor changes to the Type Area cursor.Ĥ. Select the Type Tool (T) and bring the cursor over the shape you’ve just drawn. It doesn’t matter what color the foreground is set to as we’ll be hiding it in a moment.ģ. You could also choose the second icon “Create Work Path.”Ģ. Select the Pen Tool (P) from the toolbar and set the options to “Create Shape Layer.” It’s the first icon on the left. You can create shapes in a number of ways.ġ. Photoshop is not at the same level when dealing with large amounts of text but you can create some nice and unsusual type designs by using shapes as text boxes.
Adobe Illustrator and InDesign are both well known for their excellent capabilities when working with type.