Font in Photoshop

[darklight]

Hey guys,

Whenever I add font to something in Photoshop, it looks really hmm.. how to put this.. Distorted? pixelated? So I put the anti-aliasing on smooth and it then looked really blurry. Its really bothering me, makes anything I create in Photoshop look ****. I have emailed someone about it ages ago, but had no answer. Was wondering if anyone here knew?
Below is a pic of what I mean:


Regards
Teri

[Karen Mac]

Re: Font in Photoshop

Have you tried creating it as a vector with anti alias checked? kern and leading on auto?

Karen

[darklight]

Re: Font in Photoshop

No I havent.. Karen, how would I do that?
When I was in college, my teacher told me some steps which sorted it out, but I cant for the life of me remember what she did and she is no longer at the college. I think it had something to do with the resolution, but doubt it is that.

Thanks for the reply

Teri

[LadyEye]

Re: Font in Photoshop

What kind of photoshop Teri?

Are you using TT fonts?

Does your final product look like this after you have saved it? What format have you saved it in?

[darklight]

Re: Font in Photoshop

LadyEye, I use Photoshop 7.0. On the screen shot, it shows that I am using Century Gothic which is indeed a TT font and I ge the same result as the screen shot when I save the image as a .Jpg / .bmp

Teri

[LadyEye]

Re: Font in Photoshop

hmmmm.....

ill go and check and see what i can discover for you ... brb

[darklight]

Re: Font in Photoshop

*waits* lol. urgh if only I could remember what my teacher did. Its not that I have the font huge or anything and it doesnt do it in any other software.

[LadyEye]

Re: Font in Photoshop

http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k160/thishour/teri.jpg?t=1168997157

I had mine set to *****, although smooth didn't seem to make any difference???

I think it has to do when you save it as a .gif .. ??

[darklight]

Re: Font in Photoshop

That is totally different to what I get. I dont save stuff as .gif so cant be that. Maybe some settings have changed or something? I'll uninstall it and re install it tomorrow, see if that helps. Thanks for the help LadyEye :)

[LadyEye]

Re: Font in Photoshop

Teri

Try setting to the default settings, maybe that will help ...

[darklight]

Re: Font in Photoshop

I raised the resolution to 200 and seems to have worked... How strange..
Thanks again for the help LadyEYe

Teri

[Bethers]

Re: Font in Photoshop

Resolution will make a big difference!

[darklight]

Re: Font in Photoshop

So it was the resolution then! woooo thanks Beth :)

[LadyEye]

Re: Font in Photoshop

I raised the resolution to 200 and seems to have worked... How strange..
Thanks again for the help LadyEYe

Teri

Glad you are all sorted Teri .... good for you ....

resolution is no doubt - everything ..... somehow you must have changed that eh ....

[darklight]

Re: Font in Photoshop

When I start a blank document in Photoshop, the "default" resoultion is 72. I just think that Photoshop hates me lol.