My cursor is HUGE!!!

3218 views8 repliesLast post: 9/27/2006
My text tool cursor is wayyyyy too big and I don't know how to fix it. I would think it was just me, but my friend is having the same problem with their cursor right now too.

I can still use it..but it's just much harder to use--I have to carefully edit my text...but it's seriously inconvenient...

HELP!
#1
What's the resolution of your file?

What's the point size and leading on the text?
#2
Leading is set on automatic..so should be set for a 14 pt font. 72 dpi.--set for TV graphics...
#3
Seems some fonts, at least for me, especially the more "calligraphic" ones, generate a larger than life cursor, even tho I purposefully set the text and leading very very tiny...
#4
Is the Baseline setting in the Character Palette set to something besides zero?

If not, change it to zero and see if that helps.

Check on a common font such as Helvetica.
#6
I suspect this is what many of us have seen with certain older fonts. It isn't a baseline, typesize, or leading issue. Simply something odd built into the character sets of many of the fonts drawn in the early 1990s. I've moved to a lot of OpenType since then and so can't remember which ones. Wade Sans Light is one I still use that displays a comically long cursor extending well below the character baseline.
#7
Try resetting your Type tool preferences:
LenHewitt, "When Photoshop or Imageready do not work right, How do I Reset Preferences?" #1, 30 Oct 2005 8:03 am </cgi-bin/webx?14/0>

Which font are you using? Some of the old Lettraset fonts generated huge cursors.
#8
Yes. Letraset was one culprit....
#9