Fonts are not the same as samples

[barlee1971]

Hello,

How come when I download a font to Adobe, the Photoshop / Illustrator version does not match the one on the Adobe site?

[Bobby Henderson]

Is this issue happening in Photoshop or Illustrator? There is only one style of Regina and it is fairly light in weight. If you're working in Photoshop there may be some kind of effect applied to the type layer. If you're working in Illustrator select the lettering and then open the Appearance panel to see what kinds of effects are applied to the type object.

[barlee1971]

Hi, I am using photoshop, there are no effects applied at all, I checked the panels. I will test Regina in Illustrator again, however it was the same, see attachment

[barlee1971]

Regina Photoshop 25pt text

[barlee1971]

Another example, the top one is illustrator and the bottom one is photoshop, see how bold and clunky it is in photoshop

[Bobby Henderson · Accepted solution]

If there isn't any layer effects applied to the letters (such as a stroke, outer glow, etc) the only other culprit I can think of is the text layer's anti-aliasing rendering style. This setting is visible in the Character palette and the type bar at top when a text object is selected. The default setting is "Smooth." Some of the other settings might make letters appear bolder, especially at small sizes. The other settings are None, Sharp, Crisp and Strong. I use a Windows PC; there are additional "Windows LCD" and "Windows" settings in the drop down menu.

[barlee1971]

HI, Nothing like that is applied, and the finer settings like Sharp etc have been tried. I will look at those other windows settings and see what I can figure out. Thank you. It would be nice if Adobe offered support then I could raise a ticket.

[barlee1971]

Culprit might be 'smooth'. How on earth did I miss that. 🙂

[danielh42350231]

What about a font that Photoshop alters the cap "i" from sans serif to serif such as Classic Comic? The example is sans but in Photoshop a serif is added.

[Bobby Henderson]

In the case of Classic Comic there are slight differences between the uppercase and lowercase character sets. Both look like all capitals glyphs. But the uppercase "I" has crossbars at the top and bottom (or techically serifs) while the lowercase "i" does not. The uppercase "U" has a right tail on it while the lowercase "u" does not. Other glyphs have more subtle visual differences between their uppercase and lowercase counterparts. It's all normal:
https://www.canadatype.com/product/classic-comic/

I would start to worry if the letter glyphs with strangely added serifs were changing to a different typeface.

I think maybe the easiest way to access all the alternate glyphs within the Classic Comic type family is by opening the glyphs panel. You can select individual letters and then click letters in the glyphs panel to apply them into a text string.