Type Tool in Photoshop 5.5

[defaultbyfl0cg27s8c]

The capital "T" for the Type tool has changed to dashes and does not work at all.

I've uninstalled Photoshop and reinstalled from my original CD.

[TheDigitalDog · Accepted solution]

And if you keep typing "Shift T"?

[defaultbyfl0cg27s8c]

Thank you, Digital Dog! Yesterday the Photoshop Help Person didn't suggest
this, And of course, I had no idea that Shift-T would work. But it did,
and I'm delighted!

Jan

[Abambo]

It is quite impossible that a system as old as Ps 5.5 changes suddenly behaviour without an external event. 

What is your OS and version? Can you post a screenshot of the problem?

[Jeff Arola]

Sounds like you had the Vertical or Horizontal Type Mask Tool selected which creates a selection when typing instead of a text layer.