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Inspiring
February 24, 2023
Question

Text layer icon resizes on aspect ratio

  • February 24, 2023
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I'm not sure if this is intentional, but it can certainly be a feature:

 

Is there anyway to stop Photoshop resizing the text layer icon?

 

See exhibit 1, background and text layer

 

And now when the image is rotated by 90 degrees (and changing the aspect ratio) it shrinks:

 

Naturally, I've wasted a lot of my mind and time figuring this out. 

Is there any way to stop it happening?

 

 

 

 

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Jeff Arola
Community Expert
Community Expert
February 25, 2023

Same thing happens in both photoshop 6.0.1 circa 2001and photoshop 2023 (ps ver 24.2)

so there is nothing wrong with your version.

 

photoshop 6.0.1

 

 

 

photoshop 2023 (ps ver 24.2)

 

Imaginerie
Community Expert
Community Expert
February 25, 2023

I have it too, and I always thought it was meant to be 🙂

Inspiring
February 26, 2023

I didn't think there was anything wrong with my version.

 

And now that I think about it, I have seen it happen in previous versions.

 

Whist it is sensible and logical to show a preview of the layers in the layers preview (which change as you rotate the document) it makes no sense to change the "T" in a square to a smaller "T" - though linked by the same code no doubt.

Imaginerie
Community Expert
Community Expert
February 24, 2023

Sorry, I missed the bit in your screenshot where it shows you rotated your document (I thought you rotated the layer)
This is definitely by design.
I don't think you can stop it happening.

Inspiring
February 25, 2023

And pray tell, what purpose does that serve exactly?

Ged_Traynor
Community Expert
Community Expert
February 25, 2023

@Ghoul Fool I can't replicate the issue with Photoshop version 24.2 on Windows 11, I tested with rotating the canvas and rotating layer, the type thumbnail stays the same size, maybe try manually resetting your Photoshop preferences

https://helpx.adobe.com/ie/photoshop/using/preferences.html#Manually

Inspiring
February 24, 2023

Makes no difference if Layer Bounds or Entire Document are chosen.

Imaginerie
Community Expert
Community Expert
February 24, 2023

Could it be something to do with your panel options (layers panel)

 

the layer bounds option is where you got to look at

Mine is unticked and text icon always stays the same, whatever size the text is...