Type tool is activating Quick Mask? (I don't want it to!)

Somehow I must have activated a command that enters a Mask mode when I try to use the Type tool. Clicking the Quick Mask icon in the Toolbar has no bearing on turning this on or off. I'm going a little crazy. Help, please?

You probably have the Type Mask tool activated. Press Shift+T to cycle through the tools in the group, to get back to the regular Type tool.

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