I can't change my font style from "regular"

Hi there Jon,

Everything Mylenium said is true. If you are on a Mac, you can see what fonts you have installed by opening the Font Book application. Though the available fonts will be displayed in the Photoshop type menu, you can confirm this in Font Book, too. Once it is open, locate the font you were trying to use in Photoshop and click the twirly to see the entire "font family." You can see below that my font Gothic 13 Std only comes in regular.

To use the faux bold and faux italic buttons on the character panel, follow the directions below.

1: Open the character panel by going to Window > Character.

2: Select your type by double clicking on the "T" icon in the layers panel.

3: Click on one of the icons marked below for faux bold and/or italic.

Like Mylenium said these options might not have results that look as good as a typeface that was designed specifically as an italic/oblique or heavier weight. In fact, many designers would avoid using the faux options entirely... but this is up to your discretion. Another solution, especially if you're captioning a large number of images, would be to change to a font that includes different weights and an italic.

Let us know if we can help any further!