Character typing lag

Question

What has changed in the past week that is causing the lag in the typing tool? No matter how much I update the tool it doesn't help. When I type I have to click off the text layer to be able to see what I typed. It takes me 5 or 6 tries just to type three words correctly, because I can't see where they are going, what font they are, what color they are... Then if I make a mistake it takes another 3 times to get the backspace to work, and then I get to start all over trying to type again.

Does anyone have a fix for this? I am down to using PowerPoint to make text. It is just too much trouble to fool with in Photoshop.

Thank you,

Valesa

Trevor.Dennis · Answer

Sounds like something is very wrong there.

What is your document size in pixels?

What size is the text in pixels?

OK, none of that should matter. I just tested with a 50K x 50K pixel image, and what turns out to be the maximum allowed font size of 1728 pixels (I didn't know there was a limit). You can see it created 58GB scratch file, but the text appeared as quickly as I could type it, and there was no delay when I committed the text.

I'd go right ahead and reset the Text tool

Use drop down top left corner

click on the little cog icon

click on Reset Tool.

If that doesn't help, think about a full Preference reset. If that doesn't help, tell us as much as you can about your situation.

Machine spec?
Image size

font you are using etc.

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