Photoshop

Character palette overview

The Character palette provides options for formatting characters. Some formatting options are also available from the options bar.

You can display the Character palette by doing one of the following:

  • Choose Window > Character, or click the Character palette tab if the palette is visible but not active.

  • With a type tool selected, click the Palette button  in the options bar.

    To set an option in the Character palette, choose a value from the pop‑up menu on the right side of the option. For options with numeric values, you can also use the up and down arrows to set the value, or you can edit the value directly in the text box. When you edit a value directly, press Enter or Return to apply a value, Shift+Enter or Shift+Return to apply a value and then highlight the value just edited, or Tab to apply a value and move to the next text box in the palette.

Character palette

A.
Font Family

B.
Font Size

C.
Vertical Scale

D.
Set Tsume option

E.
Tracking

F.
Baseline Shift

G.
Language

H.
Font Style

I.
Leading

J.
Horizontal scale

K.
Kerning

Note: You must select Show Asian Text Options in the Type preferences for the Set Tsume option to appear in the Character palette.

You can access additional commands and options in the Character palette menu. To use this menu, click the triangle in the upper right corner of the palette.