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Ptauly
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February 7, 2013
Question

Create text inside a path or shape in Photoshop CS6?

  • February 7, 2013
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Is there a new way to fill a shape or path with text in CS6.

When I create the path I can put my text tool "over" the path & my cursor switches to a curved line through the cursor, but when I place the cursor "inside" the path it just goes back to regular cursor & if I click inside it just starts a new (regular) text layer.

In older versions as soon as I placed my text cursor inside the path it would switch to the text cursor inside parenthesis. And thus type inside the path. That doesn't happen anymore.

Is there a new way to do this?

Thanks

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drfeym
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January 17, 2015

I know this is quite a while since your inquiry but I believe I have an answer to this.  I tried and it worked for me.

After you have created your closed path, load your path as a selection (Click on the dotted circle at bottom of Paths window).  Then invert the selection (Select - Inverse) and then make work path from selection.  When you type on the path it will place the type inside the path.

Hope this helps.

    karenez
    karenez
    Participant
    August 11, 2018

    Years later... huge help, thank you!!

    JJMack
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    JJMackCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    February 7, 2013

    In CS6 when I put the text tool inside a path the cursor now turns into a Text I beam inside a dotted circle  with arrowhead and any text typed tries to stay within the path but like other releases of Photoshop its not perfect.  Adobe  has changed many of Photoshop cursors in CS6.  Adobe does not seem to know when to leave thing that work alone they rather break things these day IMO.  CS6 is by far the buggiest version of Photoshop ever.  Is your Path a closed one ?

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    PtaulyAuthor
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    February 7, 2013

    The path is closed. And it doesn't matter if I put my cursor inside a marquee selection area or any kind of path it still wont activate text in shape cursor like it used to. There must just be a new way to do this that I cant seem to find.

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    PtaulyAuthor
    Participant
    February 7, 2013

    Just figured it out. You apparently have to create a "shape" layer first. Then place the text cursor over the shape layer. Now when you start typing it makes a new text layer with a new path thats the same shape as the one in shape layer built into it.

    Kind a weird because it adds the step of having to go back & delete the shape layer. But hey, as long as it works I'm happy...

    Thanks for the help JJ

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