: Photoshop: how to resize a text box without distorting the actual text? When trying to resize a text box in Photoshop, it is stretching my type instead of just making the box larger. It is

@Si6392903

Unselect the auto size button on the text

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@Mendez620

I just encountered the same problem. Found this thread but no answer. Messed around with the options for a bit and found the culprit.

Uncheck the following option.

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@Yeniel278

If it's only a text like below:



Then you can use Ctrl+T to scale it into bigger or smaller size.

But if it's a text box like below:



Then you have to click on it with the Text Tool T and then scale it into bigger or smaller size.



If you wondering how this happens. When you want to type a text in Photoshop using the text tool, select the text tool T then click somewhere in the screen to start typing, but if you clicked then dragged, it will become a text box.

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@Becky351

Your text within the layer is being rendered as 'point text'. You need to make the text 'paragraph text'.

Select and activate the layer that contains your text from the layers palette.

With the layer active, goto Type > Convert to Paragraph text. You should now be able to click into the text and see a bounding box that can be resized without resizing or rescaling the text inside.

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@Margaret771

Using shift-click and dragging the text box from any corner will force it to retain the original proportions as you resize it. This is also the case for many other programs.

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@Nimeshi706

Click in the text box with the Type tool (T) to make your text cursor blink. Alternatively you can also double click the layer image. Then click & drag from the box's corners to resize it.

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@Gonzalez368

When you have a text box, you need to double click on the text layer before you can resize the text box, other wise you will stretch the text.

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