Text becomes thick when highlighted

[SIM Media Department]

When I highlight text to change the font, the text becomes ultra thick. Like a stroke has been applied. The thickness remains until I deselect the text layer and it goes back to its original thickness. It makes it quite annoying to do any font changes as I can't see an immediate result. I've attached photos of text highlighted and regular. Any suggestions?

[Sahil.Chawla]

Hi there,

That shouldn't be happening. Which version of Photoshop are you working on? Could you please try deselecting "Use Graphics Processor" located in Photoshop's Preferences > Performance, then relaunch Photoshop and let us know if it helps?https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/kb/troubleshoot-gpu-graphics-card.html

Regards,
Sahil

[SIM Media Department]

Thanks for your reply, Sahil.

I'm working on Photoshop 2020. We have the Creative Cloud, and Photoshop is up to date. Deselecting the graphic processes didn't change the issue. 

Rachel

[SIM Media Department]

I just updated to Photoshop 2021, and it still has the issue.

Thanks - any help would be appreciated!

[Patricia220431427tir]

Hi! I just had this issue and figured it out - it seems like the type layer was using a FAUX BOLD style. When I cliked to warp the text, that's the message that popped up and it's an attribute that you can remove. I clicked OK to remove it and the issue is gone! Hope this helps!