Problem with leading in Photoshop

[michalg34186995]

I have a problem with leading in Photoshop. When I set the value to "auto", the gap is very large. An example is shown in the picture below. This has been happening for a long time. The last update of the program did not change anything. How can I fix it?

 

[c.pfaffenbichler]

Can you provide the file? 

[michalg34186995]

Sure.

[SJRiegel · Accepted solution]

In you paragraph Justification settings, Auto-Leading percentage is set to 500%. Change it to something smaller, like maybe 120% (or whatever works best in your context)

[michalg34186995]

Strange when I went into the style settings I see 120% ... Luckily resetting the typing tool helped. Thank you for your help.

[Derek Cross]

Not strange, the default (auto) leading is 120% of the font size selected.

[michalg34186995]

I know that. I mean, it was weird that my settings were showing 120%, not 500%.

[c.pfaffenbichler · Accepted solution]

Please try resetting the Type Tool with the Type Layer selected. 

[michalg34186995]

It helped, thank you so much for your help.

[jane-e]

@SJRiegel is correct that "Auto" uses whatever percentage you have set and the default is 120%.

Another option, though, is to use a set amount. Gutenberg used typesize plus two, which is a good starting place — in your case with 24 pts for the typesize, you would start with 26 pts for the leading, then adjust as needed.

~ Jane

[Derek Cross]

24pt on 26pt would be 2pt of leading, wouldn't it?

[jane-e]

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@Derek Cross wrote:

24pt on 26pt would be 2pt of leading, wouldn't it?

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No. Leading is measured baseline to baseline, so 2 pts of leading by definition is only 2 pts.

~ Jane

[Derek Cross]

I take a different view!

[jane-e]

I take a different view!

By @Derek Cross

Interesting perspective, Derek ! 😊

https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/using/leading.html

[c.pfaffenbichler]

Obviously Indesign, Photoshop, … use the term as you indicate but as my native tongue is not english I checked for translations of »Zeilenabstand« (baseline-to-baseline) and »Durchschuß« (the additional space between lines) and the dictionary I used gives »leading« and »lead« for the second one … maybe there was some historic change of terminology? 

What do you call the empty space between lines or is there no commonly used term for that at current? 

[Derek Cross]

The way I look at it – the traditional hand typesetting way – the size of the font is measured from the tallest ascender to the lowest descender, plus a little so the lines of type don't touch ascenders to defenders in solid text. This is the type size so, for example, a 12pt font is on a 12pt body (ascender to descender), 12/14 has, in this example, has 2pts of leading. The terminology in applications like InDesign and Photoshop include the leading, so they call it 14pt leading, but really it's 2pt

[michalg34186995]

The type tool reset helped. Thanks to everyone for your help.

[Xingqi29506591eilo]

Hi I'm currently running into a similar issue, and although manually reset leading to 120% solves the problem, when I reset the type tool (or reset paragraph from the panel) auto leading value somehow becomes 175%, instead of 120% defalt as described everywhere. Currently on Photoshop 25.6, windows.

My friend on an earlier version (also on windows) found the same issue as mine, however it doesn't happen on my mac which is also running Photoshop 25.6. Would be great to know why (and more importantly how to fix it). 

[jane-e]

@Xingqi29506591eilo 

This sounds like bug with 25.6 and Windows. Resetting Preferences may or may not solve it, but it's something you can try. Otherwise, please start a new post and select Bugs instead of Discussions so the Photoshop team will see it and track it.

Details on resetting Preferences manually are here. First, follow the link to back up preferences, then the one to reset them manually so the file can be restored if it doesn't solve the issue.

https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/preferences.html

Jane