First, select the T button in the Object Type palette. Choose the pencil tool from the toolbar. Now click the left mouse button where you want the text to start, hold down the left mouse button and drag to create a box. Lift the left mouse button. You can now enter text into the box you have created.
You select the font for the text you are entering by selecting Text Font from the Character menu and choosing a font.
You change the size and shape of the text box you are entering by dragging one of the edges of the box. The cursor changes shape when you are in position to drag one of the edges.
You move the box by dragging the box with the right mouse button.
When you have finished entering your text, click the left mouse button outside the text box.