Photoshop 4 Type tool doesn't work

Hi

can anyone still help with a Photoshop 4 question?

I'm used to using a much more recent version, but all this 2nd-hand
machine has on it (and all it can run probably, v old machine) is 4.

Problem is with the Type tool. I click on it, click somewhere within
the work; now in later versions I'm used to being able to type straight
onto the work. V4 opens up a dialog instead, with font settings and a
text box where you can type things. Fair enough - typing right on the
work isn't something I'm going to cry about not having.

Here's the problem: whatever I type, whatever font I select, whatever
font size I select, whatever foreground and background colours I
select, all I get for it is a rectangle in the foreground colour.
Presumably the rectangle is the text box, as it's longer the more text
I type. But where's the text? Why does it seem Photoshop is putting
the text and background in the same colour?

I'm at 3% physical memory, but the page-file is only 10% used - so if
it's a memory problem, it would show up as slowness, not outright
refusal tto do things, no? Resources are about 50% free (yep, I'm
using Windows 98!)

thanks for any help, this is driving me nuts.

Seb

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