Operation Manual

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USING PHOTOSHOP
Type
Last updated 12/5/2011
Apply all caps or small caps
You can enter or format type as uppercase characters, either all caps or small caps. When you format text as small caps,
Photoshop automatically uses the small-cap characters designed as part of the font, if available. If the font does not
include small caps, Photoshop generates faux small caps.
Regular capital letters (top) compared to small-cap letters (bottom)
1 Select the type you want to change.
2 Do one of the following:
• Click the All Caps button or the Small Caps button in the Character panel.
• Choose All Caps or Small Caps from the Character panel menu. A check mark indicates that the option is selected.
Specify superscript or subscript characters
Superscript and subscript text (also called superior and inferior text) is reduced-size text that is raised or lowered in
relation to a font’s baseline. If the font does not include superscript or subscript characters, Photoshop generates faux
superscript or subscript characters.
1 Select the type you want to change.
2 Do one of the following:
• Click the Superscript button or the Subscript button in the Character panel.
• Choose Superscript or Subscript from the Character panel menu. A check mark indicates that the option is selected.
Fonts
About fonts
A font is a complete set of characters—letters, numbers, and symbols—that share a common weight, width, and style,
such as 10-pt Adobe Garamond Bold.
Typefaces (often called type families or font families) are collections of fonts that share an overall appearance, and are
designed to be used together, such as Adobe Garamond.
A type style is a variant version of an individual font in a font family. Typically, the Roman or Plain (the actual name
varies from family to family) member of a font family is the base font, which may include type styles such as regular,
bold, semibold, italic, and bold italic. If a font doesn’t include the style you want, you can apply faux styles—simulated
versions of bold, italic, superscript, subscript, all caps, and small caps styles.
Typefaces include many characters in addition to the ones you see on your keyboard. Depending on the font, these
characters can include ligatures, fractions, swashes, ornaments, ordinals, titling and stylistic alternates, superior and
inferior characters, old-style figures, and lining figures. A glyph is a specific form of a character. For example, in certain
fonts, the capital letter A is available in several forms, such as swash and small cap.