ADOBE PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 9

USING PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 9
Adding text and shapes
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Unwarp type
1 Select a text layer that has warping applied to it.
2 Select a type tool, and click the Warp button in the options bar; or choose Layer > Type > Warp Text.
3 Choose None from the Style pop-up menu, and click OK.
Change the orientation of a type layer
1 In the Edit workspace, select the text layer in the Layers panel.
2 Do one of the following:
• Select a type tool, and click the Flip Orientation button in the options bar.
• Choose Layer > Type > Horizontal, or choose Layer > Type > Vertical.
Work with Asian type
Display Asian type options
Photoshop Elements provides several options for working with Asian type. Asian fonts are often referred to as doublebyte
fonts or CJK fonts, meaning Chinese, Japanese, and Korean fonts.
1 In Windows, choose Edit > Preferences > Type. In Mac OS, choose Photoshop Elements > Preferences > Type.
2 Set text options:
• Show Asian Text Options to display Asian type options.
• Show Font Names in English to display Asian font names in English.
3 Click OK. The Asian type options button is added to the type tool options bar.
Reduce spacing between Asian characters
Tsume reduces the space around a character (but not the character itself) by a specified percentage value. When tsume
is added to a character, spacing around both sides of the character is reduced by an equal percentage.
1 If you’re working with an existing layer, select the text layer in the Layers panel and then select a type tool.
2 Select the characters you want to adjust.
3 Click the Show Asian Text Options button in the options bar. If you don’t see the button, make sure that
preferences are set to show Asian type options.
4 Select a percentage for Tsume from the pop-up menu, and press the Enter or Return key. The greater the
percentage, the tighter the compression between characters. At 100% (the maximum value), there is no space
between the character’s bounding box and its em box.
Note: An em box is a space whose height and width roughly correspond to the width of the letter “M” (also called a
mutton).
Turn on or turn off tate-chuu-yoko
Tate-chuu-yoko (also called kumimoji and renmoji) is a block of horizontal type laid out within a vertical type line.
Last updated 1/27/2011