Photoshop Typography and Text 2

Question 1

What is anti-aliasing in the context of Photoshop text?

Accepted Answer

A method that smooths the jagged edges of text by partially filling edge pixels

Answer

Anti-aliasing smooths the edges of rendered text by blending the edge pixels with the background color, reducing the 'staircase' pixel appearance on curved letterforms.

Question 2

What does the leading control in the Character panel adjust?

Accepted Answer

The vertical space between lines of text

Answer

Leading controls the vertical spacing between lines of text, measured from baseline to baseline — increasing leading adds more space between lines.

Question 3

What is kerning in typography and how is it adjusted in Photoshop?

Accepted Answer

Kerning adjusts the space between two specific adjacent characters; it is set in the Character panel with the cursor placed between them

Answer

Kerning controls the space between two specific character pairs and is adjusted in the Character panel — click between two characters with the Type Tool, then set the Kerning value.

Question 4

What is the Paragraph panel in Photoshop used for?

Accepted Answer

Controls text alignment, justification, indentation, and spacing before/after paragraphs

Answer

The Paragraph panel manages paragraph-level formatting including alignment (left, center, right, justified), indentation, and space before/after paragraph blocks.

Question 5

How do you create a clipping mask to fill text with an image or texture in Photoshop?

Accepted Answer

Place the image layer directly above the text layer and create a clipping mask

Answer

Place the texture or image layer directly above the text layer in the Layers panel, then apply a clipping mask (Ctrl+Alt+G) to confine the image's visibility to the text shape.

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