Create a path or shape in your document.
Last updated on
Oct 27, 2025
Create dynamic typography by adding text along curved paths or inside shapes in Adobe Photoshop for creative text effects.
Add text along paths or inside shapes to create dynamic, creative typography effects. This allows text to flow along curves, circles, custom paths, or to fill the interior of closed shapes.
Text on a path flows along the edge of an open or closed work path created with the Pen tool or any shape tool. When you add text to a path, it follows the direction in which the anchor points were added. For closed shapes, text can be placed either along the edge or inside the shape's boundaries.
Add text along closed or open paths
Select the Horizontal Type tool or Vertical Type tool.
Position the cursor over the path until you see the type cursor with a wavy line .
Select the path where you want to add the text and start typing.
Select the Horizontal or Vertical Type tool to add text along a closed or open path.
Select the Commit icon from the Options bar (Window > Options).
Add text inside shapes
Create a path or shape in your document.
Select the Horizontal Type tool or Vertical Type tool.
Place the cursor inside a shape until you see the type cursor enclosed in a circle .
Select inside the shape and start typing to fill the shape with text.
Select the Horizontal or Vertical Type tool to add text inside a shape.
Select the Commit icon from the Options bar (Window > Options).
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