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July 16, 2013
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why is the small text blurry on photoshop?

  • July 16, 2013
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why is the small text blurry on photoshop? i am dong a very small advert for a newspaper! and the text is printing blurry and when zoomed in is appearing all blurry? how do i stop this i only have photoshop and indesign

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    解決に役立った回答 moores1990

    Guys it might just be a font issue.  Some fonts really don't work well at very small sizes.  This can be even worse on the paper quality most newspapers are printed on.  Tell us what font you are using, the size of the advert in inches or milimetres, and post the image to this thread.

    http://37signals.com/svn/posts/140-the-10-most-popular-newspaper-typefaces


    the font is myriad and the advert size is 3.3" x 5.4" inches! the add looks fine there but then when its printed it looks pixelated

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    c.pfaffenbichler
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    July 16, 2013

    »Blurry«? Do you mean pixelated?

    Photohop is a pixel oriented image editing program, so text will be represented by pixels on-screen and in file formats that do not support that kind of data.

    But if you save a pdf you can maintain vector and font data (provided no faux styles are applied, …).

    i only have photoshop and indesign

    Then why don’t you use Indesign for type to begin with?

    moores1990作成者
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    July 16, 2013

    yes probably pixelated is the word! so if i print it as a pdf it wont appear blurry? i tried typing the font in indesign and then opening it into photoshop and it still made it pixelated? will i need to save it as a vector? if so how do i do that?

    Noel Carboni
    Legend
    July 16, 2013

    the font is myriad and the advert size is 3.3" x 5.4" inches! the add looks fine there but then when its printed it looks pixelated


    Pixels are not evil.  You just have to use enough of them to suit the intended purpose.

    In other words, if you use a high enough ppi, all will be well.

    -Noel