Hi,
I just loaded a new font (playbill) and suddenly the type tool is no longer working. There is no cursor visibly (just a dot) and when I type nothing appears. But PS allows me to try to warp the invisible text as if something is there. Opening an earlier Photoshop CS I can use the type tool and the recently added Playbill font.
Any ideas what's causing my lack of type tool functionality, and more importantly, how to get it back?
Done a restart and still a problem.
Thanks for any help in this matter.
OS 10.4.11
#1
mark,
Regardless of the font working in CS, check and see if the font is either a duplicate installation or corrupted.
Neil
#2
Neil,
hi, I've tried that, resolved some duplicates and removed a couple of problem fonts but still no luck with CS2. I also removed the newly added fonts but still no joy. Shut down and restarted. I have 205 fonts.
Would you suggest i reinstall CS2? Or can the fonts be reset? I'm not sure how fonts interact with CS2, especially when CS can handle them okay. A pathway has been corrupted possibly?
mark
#3
mark,
Before reinstalling CS2, try resetting Photoshop's preferences. (Immediately upon launch, press and hold Command+Option+Shift until message appears.)
Neil
#4
Hi Neil,
That did the trick.
I didn't know about that prefs reset- you learn something everyday!
Thanks for the assist!
best,
Mark
#5
Often just resetting the Type Tool itself will do the trick and you don't have to go through all your preferences again.
#6