Adding text to Photoshop file

[JPF2011]

I have Photoshop 2025 and EVERY time I attempt to add text with the text tool, an area shows up in the text area that is black, then a bunch of foreign language. I have to delete this every time I go to create a new text. How can I remove it permanently, that it NEVER shows up when I create a new text ?

[mglush]

Hi!

We are sorry to hear you are having this issue. Have you tried resetting the Text tool, or resetting your preferences?

You can reset the Type tool by clicking in the Options Bar and from the Tool Preset Drop down meny, choose the Settings (Gear looking Icon), and then from the menu, choose Reset Tool, or Reset All Tools. See Below.

You can also try resetting your preferences: Here is a help doc that will give you information: https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/preferences.html

Also, one last question—do you have an version of Photoshop in a language other than English? Can you show us a screenshot of the box that comes up so we can see it?

Let us know if that helps or if the issue still persists.

Michelle

[Nancy OShea]

By foreign text, I assume you mean the Lorem ipsum dolor... (standard Latin dummy text, widely used in print & publishing industry).  That's been in Photoshop for quite some time.

[Stephen Marsh]

@JPF2011 

As Nancy mentions, this "placeholder" type is a default, you can turn it off under your Photoshop Type Preferences/Settings here:

[Nancy OShea]

Lorem ipsum... is useful for gaging that the font size is neither too small nor too large for the container.

In previous versions of Photoshop, text had a way of vanishing due to incorrect font sizes.

That's much less of a problem now.

[Conrad_C]

I have to delete this every time I go to create a new text.

By @JPF2011

Actually, the way they designed it, you don’t have to manually delete it as an extra step. It’s all part of the intended process.

The way it used to work (when it would go wrong):

1. Click the Type tool.

2. Nothing is visible because nothing has been typed yet. 

3. Type text. 

4. Nothing is still visible, because the type specs were too small or in some other way not consistent with the size of the text container that was dragged. This confused many users, especially novices. Many didn’t realize right away that they should check the type specs, they thought nothing was being typed.

So, Adobe changed it and now it works like this:

1. Click the Type tool.

2. You see the placeholder text appear, so you can now can visually see and preview whether those are the type specs you want. 

3. If the type specs look fine, just start typing your text (or paste text). Because Photoshop displays placeholder text that’s already selected, as soon as you type anything the placeholder text is instantly replaced. That’s why you never have to delete it manually as a separate step. Just type or paste text. 

…or…

4. If the placeholder text preview showed you that the default type specs aren’t what you want, you can adjust them while watching the placeholder text, and then start typing the text you want to enter.

In the big picture, the way they do it now has been a productivity improvement, if used as intended. You get better visual feedback sooner than when there was no default placeholder text to see.