The images to the left are two examples of the text this tutorial describes how to create.  I am not too sure what to call it, but it resembles thin slices of aluminum stacked behind one and other.  As you can see the Xonaware is much nicer than the mezophere image.  The boring edge of the M makes for a boring presentation, while the eccentric X has a lot of depth and is simply more interesting.  I would suggest using a blocky, yet shapely font, the more nooks and crannies the better.

Step 1: Create a new doc of around 500x500px;  Fill the background black, and add a slight gradient if you so desire.
Step2: Type, at 100px font size, some text in an intersting font.  The color of the text does not perticularly matter, it will get washed out in the following steps but whatever color you choose will show through slightly.  I chose #cccccc as my text color
Step 3:  We are going to now put a perspective on the text.  To do so, first change the text layer to a shape, Layer-->type-->convert text to shape.  If we rasterize and then adjust the perspective it will become blured and pixelated, converting it to a shape guarantees it wont be distorted.  With the shape highlighted, click edit-->transform-->perspective.  Pull up on the left side of the image until it is about double the hieight of the right side. 
Step 4: Now click edit-->transform-->scale and adjust the width to around 75% or whatever looks good to you while leaving the height at 100%.  This gives it a more realistic sense of depth.   Once your satasfied, rasterize the layer, layer-->raserize-->shape.

You should now have something resembling the image to the right but with a more intersting font.
Step 5: Now that you are happy with the text we need to add some layer properties. Double click the newly rasterized layer and enter the blending options of the 4 following images. First add a shadow with the properties seen in the image to the right