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While adding text to a photographic image, in PSD, I entered the name Cliff. When entering the second F , PS crashes immediately. I tried just "ff" and BAM, PS is down!

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June 12, 2026
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Issue summary: While adding text to a photographic image, in PSD, I entered the name Cliff. When entering the second F , PS crashes immediately.
Product and version: PS 27.7.0
Operating system: MAC OS Tahoe 26.3
Steps to reproduce:

Open new, any size . I was working in 8.5x11 psd.

Add text field. Type “ FF”

Enjoy the frustrating crash!

Expected result: 2 letters ff would appear in the name “CLIFF”
Actual result: CRASH!
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jane-e

Community Expert

@Greg Mooney

Try Ged’s idea first.

Here is a possible idea:

You may be using a typeface that has ligatures enabled. That should not cause a crash, but it’s worth looking at. Try one of both of these:

Use a different typeface
Turn off ligatures in the Character panel menu (found in the Window menu)

Jane

Ged_Traynor

Community Expert

@Greg Mooney just tested on my system with Photoshop version 27.7 on Windows 11 and cannot reproduce the issue, is this happening with all fonts, have you tried resetting the tools

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