Photoshop printed (or saved) pdf file fonts are "fake and jagged" vectorized?

[dublove]

Magnification 300-400x

It's so obviously jagged that it doesn't really seem to be vectorized, only graphical.
A bit disconcerting.

[J E L]

Hi @dublove, there are several things to consider here: Do you fully understand the difference between vector and raster formats? For best vector file results, consider using Illustrator to create your files instead of Photoshop. Otherwise, did you use anti-aliasing settings? What is the font point size in Photoshop? What resolution are you using for print? What are your export settings for PDF? Did you try flattening the image? Did you embed the fonts in the PDF? A bit more info will help us understand your workflow.

[dublove]

did you use anti-aliasing settings?

Where do I set up to remove jaggies?
Mine is 8 point type, the file is 350 dpi, and I exported it at 600 dpi.

PSD test File is here 

I'd like to see the best you can export.
It's always a bitmap, and zooming in makes it jagged.

[frazzlesnap]

Since your original is 350ppi at 8 points, when you zoom in substantially it is going to look like that, unless you have it as vector type in a psd, then export it correctly. Increasing the resolution on export will not help. Your original must either be higher resolution in ppi or much larger type size, if raster, or natively vector.

[Glenn 8675309]

Anything zoomed in abouve 100% has a good chance of being jagged regardless of what's going on.    All fonts in Adobe products are stored  as vectors (math based) to save space.  True vector fonts are virtuallyy impossible to be jagged.   Once you simplify a text layer it become a raster (pixel based) graphic.

Remember this:  people look at a graphic for between 2 and 5 seconds on the average.  It doesn't have to be perfect- it just has to fool the human eye.,

[davescm]

Photoshop is a raster image editor. That means that in Photoshop the image content, be it a vector shape, vector text, or raster image, is displayed at the pixel size of the document. 100% zoom means 1 screen pixel is used to display 1 image pixel. 400% zoom means that 16 screen pixels are used to display 1 image pixel. So, at zoom levels above 100%, you are going to see the pixel structure of the document regardless of whether the layer content being examined is vector based or raster based.

Dave