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Matt McCarter
Matt McCarter
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November 10, 2020
Question

Text Stretching

  • November 10, 2020
  • 2 replies
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Hello, I have never had this problem before. My text is stretched when at 100 normal height and width.

The pixel aspect ratio is square. I am using Photoshop 2021, the latest version.

 

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Twall55
Participating Frequently
March 25, 2022

Did you ever find a solution? I have this issue too, text seems to be 120% the height it should be but all settings look OK. 

Matt McCarter
Matt McCarterAuthor
Participant
March 25, 2022
The only thing I found was starting a new document. I never experienced the problem again after several updates
jane-e
Community Expert
jane-eCommunity Expert
Community Expert
March 25, 2022

Thanks for the reply!!

I tried new docs, 2 machines, fresh installs. My hack is to paste my text (as text) from Illustrator and then it looks fine. But if I try typing directly in Photohop it is stretched. Weird. 


@Twall55 

 

In the screen shot posted on November 2020, the OP has the text selected with the Selection tool. Can you select your text with the Type tool and post a screen shot that includes the Character panel (Window menu). Most likely the vertical or horizontal scale is not 100%. If so, select the text then change it to 100%.

 

A second thing you can do is to reset your Type tool. Right-click the Type tool in the options bar (not Tools panel) and Reset tool. You might have to do these a couple of times.

 

Options for tools are sticky in PS, meaning they stick across documents unless they are changed by the user or Reset to their defaults.

 

Jane

 

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Palm Equipment
Known Participant
January 20, 2022

I also have this problem ... all new text elements are stretched ... character panel is 100% scaling.

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