Working with text to a layer in Photoshop

How to add text

From the toolbar, select the Horizontal Type tool or the Vertical Type tool .
Do one of the following:

• To create a single line of text, click in the image to set an insertion point for the type.
• To create paragraph text, drag a rectangle to create a textbox for the type.
  
  
  • The small line through the I beam marks the position of the type baseline. 
  • For horizontal type, the baseline marks the line on which the type rests; 
  • For vertical type, the baseline marks the center axis of the type characters.

Select type options, such as font, style, size, and color, in the Tool Options bar - ideally before you start typing.

Available options are

Font Family - Applies a font family to new or existing text.
Font Style - Applies font styles, such as bold, to new or existing text.
Font Size - Applies a font size to new or existing text.
Alignment - Aligns the text left, centre or right justified.
Colour menu - Applies a colour to new text or selected text.
Leading menu - Sets the space between lines of new or selected text.
Faux Bold - Applies a bold style to new or existing text. Only use this if the font you select doesn’t have a true bold style that you can select from the Font Style menu.
Faux Italic - Applies an italic style to new or existing text. Only use this if the font you select doesn’t have a true italic or oblique style that you can select from the Font Style menu.
Underline - Applies an underline to new text or selected existing text.
Strikethrough - Applies a line through new text or selected existing text.
Align Text - Specifies text alignment. If text orientation is horizontal, lets you align text: left, center, or right. For vertical orientaion text: top, center, or bottom.
Toggle Text Orientation - Changes vertical text to horizontal and horizontal text to vertical.
Warp text - Warps text on the selected layer.
Anti-aliased - Applies anti-aliasing to make text appear smoother.