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Palm Equipment
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January 20, 2022
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Text stretched

  • January 20, 2022
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Photoshop 21.2.12

Problem: text is compressed while the character panel is set to 100% x 100% scaling.

Anyone got a fix for this?

Correct answer jane-e

 

@Palm Equipment wrote:

Any new use of the text tool produces horizontally compressed glyphs.

Regards, Peter

 

Peter, the options for tools are sticky, meaning that once you change them they stay that way across time and across documents until you change them or Reset the tool. Try this:

  • Right-click the Type tool in the options bar (not Tools panel)
  • Choose Reset tool

Does that clear your issue?

 

If not, try it again before you consider resetting preferences after backing up customization:

  • Photoshop menu > Preferences > General > Reset Preferences on Quit (then quit and relaunch)

 

Jane

 

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Jeff Arola
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Jeff ArolaCommunity Expert
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January 20, 2022

In your screenshot it looks like you have All Caps enabled in the Character panel.

 

Uncheck the All Caps and see if that makes a difference.

 

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Palm EquipmentAuthor
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January 21, 2022

Thanks Jeff for your reply.

This affects any font choice, and horizontal scaling of 133% is needed to restore the correct proportion of the glyphs (the font shown is not a bad knockoff of Arial condensed).

Jesús' video may be related (new font rendering engine) but there are no character styles in the document, basic paragraph style has not been altered and the transform tool was not used to horizontallyy distort the text.

Any new use of the text tool produces horizontally compressed glyphs.

Regards, Peter

jane-e
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jane-eCommunity Expert
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January 20, 2022

@Palm Equipment 

 

Did you resize your text with Cmd+T to get a typesize of 145.72 (with fractions) instead of using the sizing control (found in Character, options, and Properties panels)?

 

Jesús Ramirez explains the difference and shows the fix in this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9P01qAn52Y8

 

I have to add that I'm not seeing the compression.

 

~ Jane

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    Palm EquipmentAuthor
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    January 21, 2022

    Thanks Jane for your reply.

    This affects any font choice, and horizontal scaling of 133% is needed to restore the correct proportion of the glyphs (the font shown is not a bad knockoff of Arial condensed).

    Jesús' video may be related (new font rendering engine) but there are no character styles in the document, basic paragraph style has not been altered and the transform tool was not used to horizontallyy distort the text.

    Any new use of the text tool produces horizontally compressed glyphs.

    Regards, Peter

      jane-e
      Community Expert
      jane-eCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
      Community Expert
      January 21, 2022

       

      @Palm Equipment wrote:

      Any new use of the text tool produces horizontally compressed glyphs.

      Regards, Peter

       

      Peter, the options for tools are sticky, meaning that once you change them they stay that way across time and across documents until you change them or Reset the tool. Try this:

      • Right-click the Type tool in the options bar (not Tools panel)
      • Choose Reset tool

      Does that clear your issue?

       

      If not, try it again before you consider resetting preferences after backing up customization:

      • Photoshop menu > Preferences > General > Reset Preferences on Quit (then quit and relaunch)

       

      Jane

       

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