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. 🙂