Printing from indesign vs. photoshop

greetings.
i'm fairly new to the world of larger format print design and have a question on the best program to use for text.
specifically, i'm creating a 18"x24" poster and wonder if i should handle all of the text elements in indesign vs. photoshop.  i'm not sure if the photoshop text will print better (or worse) since it is not a vector program.  i was considering using photoshop to do some effects on the text (i.e., bevel and embossing, glossy effects, etc.) but didn't want to risk that text not printing so well if i used indesign for the text and kept it simpler w/ some gradients and so forth.  if i create my text in a photoshop doc that is 300ppi and don't rasterize any of it, would i be ok?
any thoughts are greatly appreciated.

Live text created within Photoshop will output as vector objects either by printing directly from Photoshop, or by saving the file as a PDF. The Photoshop PDF can be submitted directly to a compliant RIP, opened in Acrobat and printed, opened in Illustrator and printed and in all cases the outline of text will be vector. Any effect on the text, such as a bevel, will be rasterized and contained within the vector outline shape. Special effects applied to text in Indesign are very similar and behave the same way for printing purposes.
Large format composition can be done in either program, whatever you are more comfortable using. My preference is ID, mainly due to the time it would take to open, edit, save a 50+ layer, 300PPI large format file, as opposed to ID.

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