I am currently using PS CS and CS2. I have been creating text with 100% horrible results. I have tried all font sizes, 72 up to 300 ppi, I have tried many fonts, and I've tried all anti-aliasing. Nothing looks smooth and - everything is extremely pixely. I then opened Illustrator (never used) and type the same font at various sizes... oh how sweet and crisp... but I need PS. I tried creatin the font in Illustrator and then copy it over to PS.. the font goes straight to being major pixelated.. I cannot believe I'm struggling so much with something as simple as text... can anyone help?? Oh PLEASE... thank you.
#1
Are you evaluating the type on screen or in print?
If the former, how are you viewing the iamge 100%, less? more?
#2
evaluating the type on screen. And I have tried zooming in and out. It all started because I need some small text for a website - 8pt. From 100% zoom, it looked fuzzy so I zoomed in and out and it simply got worse. any suggestions.. hey - thanks for even reponding and probing further... I realy do need help on this
#3
For type that small, if you don't want to use actual text, I'd recommend a pixel based font.
#4
thanks however the issues still applies to larger fonts that I need. And of course I would like a bit of style to it so the fonts of choice have character. Again, they come out crisp and clear in Illustrator, Word, and other programs.. just not PS.. I so don't understand thanks Cybernetic Nomad...
#5
I so don't understand
Becasue PS works with pixels and the other softwares work with vector objects
#6
On screen, viewed at 100 percent, type that is set in Photoshop CS/CS2 SHOULD look sharp since it is vector (until it is rasterized, that is).
#7
what kind of fonts are they?
#8
Maybe you mean in the options bar when using the text tool to select 'crisp' in the pull down menu.
#9
Hi all... I have tried everything.. and I've tried various fonts from Arial to fancy. Absolutely no answers yet no matter where I look... I have un-installed and re-installed, I've tried anything that that sounds reasonable....
Could it have something to do with my Mac. I tried the fonts at work on a PC and they came out clearn as crystal... what in the world have I done???
#10
have you messed with font smoothing prefs in System prefs > appearance?
#11
just what is a pixel based font?
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