Text tool problem

[johng33153084]

I like to put my name and the year on my pictures when I am finished with them. My name goes on fine but whenever I put the year in I get some sysmbols that look like presents with bows on them. the layer panel shows the numbers but now the picture.

[Muqqarib Hassan]

Hi, Can you Show me Screenshot ? Or Can you change your font ?

Thanks.

[johng33153084]

I did change my font and did not get this goofy symbol as you can see in white here, thanks I still don't know why this happened though I guess I cant use the font I want to all the time.

[Muqqarib Hassan]

Can you show me your PSD file layers ? and Character panel setting ?

[headTrix Training]

It sounds like you just had the wrong font selected? Sounds almost like a "dingbat"font.

If you are using Photoshop 2019, you can just double-click on the text, and then at the TOP LEFT of Photoshop you will see the font list. You can then just choose a different font. You could even click that list, and instead of choosing a Font on YOUR computer.... you can click the Green Typekit icon, that will take you to a website where you can download or look for some fonts that you might like. They have thousands!

Hope that helps!
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