Why is Photoshop Text always have to much space above when selecting?

[Mark Linthicum]

I keep thinking this is going to be fixed in an update, but it never is, why over the last maybe four years has Photoshop text been so screwed up?

You can see here in the image I posted, selecting the text, the selected section acts as if it is giant tall skinny text.  I cannot see why this is happening, it seems like the baseline is off but adjusting that just moves the text up, the highlight stays the same. 

I have had this issue on other computers, so I don't think it is my system.

[Derek Cross]

I dont recognise your issue; can you post a screen shot of the Character panel and your Layers?

[Mark Linthicum]

Here is the screenshot of the Text with the text panel, I noticed when scaling up the text the empty space moves from top to bottom. One screenshot has the font size at 33, the other at 660.

ThanksFont size at 660Font size at 33

[Mark Linthicum]

And here it is with the Baseline shift to 0, in case you thought that was the issue. 

[Lumigraphics]

Turn off Superscript.

[Mark Linthicum]

Thank You! 

I don't understand how this setting stuck for so long over multiple versions of PS!

[Derek Cross]

The text was set as Superscript because you (inadvertently) set it as a default. So Photoshop wasn't "screwed up" as you put it!.

[Leslie36397978ga53]

It is screwed up, turning off SuperScript still shows a large space above the text when selected.