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Ezad
Ezad
Inspiring
February 15, 2018
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Text in CS6 at 14pt

  • February 15, 2018
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I open Photoshop

I open an image 8x10 inches resolution 76

I create a text layer.

The usual routine.

However recently if I choose for example Times New Roman (any font actually) at 14 pt is it so tiny the text is unreadable.

To view the text I need to increase the text to 116 pt for the words look normal.

Under Windows/ workspace I reset 'essentials' and also did a 'new' . This action did not improve the situation.

How to I regain the use of the text feature?

Let me know.

Thanks!

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    Correct answer JJMack

    At what zoom level are you viewing the the 14pt font.   If you have a small 8"x10" 76dpi in on screen its 14pt text may look good if you havae a large  8"x10" 300Dpi image on screen its 14pt text may not look good because the image is being quickly scale way down in size to fit one you display and text does not look good quickly scaled down in size.  Are you sure the image where the text looks bad   is a small 76dpi image?  A  8"x10" 76 DPI image is an image 608x760px and A  8"x10" 300 DPI image is an image 2400x3000px the small image would be zoomed up in size to fit on you display  and the large image would be zoomed down is size to fit on  your screen.

    4 replies

    T
    Test Screen Name
    Legend
    February 25, 2018

    Did you check out my analysis, JJMack? All looks correct except the text size.

    JJMack
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    JJMackCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    February 25, 2018

    I did not.   I did not see that they had posted any actual image to analyze.  I just remember using snagit many years ago I could not see how they could be using snagit to enter text into Photoshop.  Frankly I do not understand what they are doing. What a read did not seem possible.   My reading skills are not the best though could follow what they wrote. All I seem to remember is that Snagit grabs pixels from the display image area. An rgb image with the Display color values. They would most likely also have some color issues.

    JJMack
    T
    Test Screen Name
    Legend
    February 25, 2018

    Screen shots reply 3.  My analysis reply 5.  I can’t explain the numbers.

    T
    Test Screen Name
    Legend
    February 25, 2018

    Your strategy is fine for web graphics, bad for print. It seems to me something is wrong - but why don't you just adjust for it until the cause is found?  Multiply the expected size by 8 to start with.

    D Fosse
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    D FosseCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    February 15, 2018

    The point unit is a holdover from typesetting with lead types. It is a physical size measurement, 1/72 of an inch.

    That means point size in Photoshop is relative to resolution (ppi).

    Ezad
    EzadAuthor
    Inspiring
    February 24, 2018

    Here are two photoshop captures.

    Be it whatever normal photo even at 72 the text is tiny.

    To add text I use SnagIt to capture then use Snagit to add text in the normal fashion.

    Prior to whatever I did to make a difficulty for myself for example if I used 72 pt the text would fill the screen.

    What I get is a tiny text.

    I should be able to fill this photo attached using 14 pt with a few lines to fill the image with text. Even at 72 I can hardly get a good size.

    Thus I am forced to using Snagit to layout text that I am unable to manage in Photoshop.

    Thanks for any response!

    JJMack
    Community Expert
    JJMackCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    February 24, 2018

    The actual size of 72pt text depends on the documents resolution its a relative unit measure like inch in a  document with a 72dpi resolution 72 pixels = 1 inch, in a document with a 300 dpi resolution 300 pixels = 1 inch. Your  Display also has resolution  Your Clipboard supports image and text.  Text is not image data but can also be  rasterized  as image. If you are capturing text with snagit you show text layers in Photoshop I do not understand how you are laying out text with snagit ? text is be added to your document with Photoshop's text tool.

    JJMack
    JJMack
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    JJMackCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
    Community Expert
    February 15, 2018

    At what zoom level are you viewing the the 14pt font.   If you have a small 8"x10" 76dpi in on screen its 14pt text may look good if you havae a large  8"x10" 300Dpi image on screen its 14pt text may not look good because the image is being quickly scale way down in size to fit one you display and text does not look good quickly scaled down in size.  Are you sure the image where the text looks bad   is a small 76dpi image?  A  8"x10" 76 DPI image is an image 608x760px and A  8"x10" 300 DPI image is an image 2400x3000px the small image would be zoomed up in size to fit on you display  and the large image would be zoomed down is size to fit on  your screen.

    JJMack
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