hairlines or outlines for type in PS

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W._Cross
May 3, 2005
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Is there a simple way to put a hairline or outline around typefaces in PS? Forgive me if this is a stupid question, but I’ve searched around and can’t find any way to highlight or otherwise make type "jump" out of the background.
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BobLevine
May 3, 2005
Use the stroke layer effect.

Bob
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John Joslin
May 3, 2005
Bear in mind that a "hairline" in Photoshop cannot be less than one pixel in width.
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W._Cross
May 3, 2005
Thanks, that did the trick. Much obliged.
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Bobby_Henderson
May 3, 2005
That approach is fine for on-screen based graphics (like web pages). I would defer to Illustrator for that effect if the job is printed.
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BobLevine
May 3, 2005
If you save the Photoshop file as a PDF the quality would be indiscernible from an Illustrator file.

Bob

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