Chapter 6. Working with Type

WHEN YOU HEAR THE PHRASE “POWERHOUSE OF TYPOGRAPHY”, photo and painting programs aren’t usually the first to come to mind. But several years ago—after Adobe developed advanced typographical features for its other products (like Adobe In Design and Adobe Illustrator)—a light went on over someone’s head and they said, “Hey, why don’t we throw some of this great code into Photoshop?” The result? Photoshop can now hold its own against other professional graphics programs, offering a wide variety of professional, precise, and versatile type features.

Photoshop has full-featured Character and Paragraph palettes, hanging punctuation, kerning, and other advanced spacing options. Want something a little flashier? Jazz things ...

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