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Text is suddenly small in CS2

Aug 17, 2012 2:25 PM

All of a sudden my text is incredibly small. The resolution is set at 300. The "Resample image" box is unticked. I've tried resetting the character...still the text is smaller than it should be. For example, 8 point Times New Roman can barely be seen with the naked eye. I haven't done anything different. What gives?

602 Views   15 Replies   Latest reply: Splops, Aug 17, 2012 5:42 PM
 
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  • Chris Cox
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    1. Chris Cox,
    Aug 17, 2012 2:32 PM   in reply to Splops
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    Make sure you specified 8 pt and not 8 px.

     
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  • conroy
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    2. conroy,
    Aug 17, 2012 2:34 PM   in reply to Splops
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    Are you sure that your text units are not pixels (px) instead of points (pt)?

     

    Edit: posted while Chris was posting.

     
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  • R_Kelly
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    3. R_Kelly,
    Aug 17, 2012 2:34 PM   in reply to Splops
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    What are the pixel dimensions of your document?

     

    8 pt text can be pretty small on big pixel dimension documents.

     

    Are you viewing the document at 100% view (actual pixels)?

     
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  • Splops
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    4. Splops,
    Aug 17, 2012 2:34 PM   in reply to Chris Cox
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    It's pt

     
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  • Splops
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    5. Splops,
    Aug 17, 2012 2:42 PM   in reply to R_Kelly
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    The pixel dimensions are 7462 width and 10800 height

     
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  • R_Kelly
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    6. R_Kelly,
    Aug 17, 2012 2:50 PM   in reply to Splops
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    Here's what it looks like in cs2 for me at 100% view (actual pixels)

    (click on the image below for a full size view)

     

    If you double click on the zoom tool and then look at the text, is yours smaller?

     

     

     

    Untitled-1.png

     
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  • Splops
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    7. Splops,
    Aug 17, 2012 2:58 PM   in reply to R_Kelly
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    This is what mine looks likeTimes New Roman 8 pt.jpg

     
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  • conroy
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    8. conroy,
    Aug 17, 2012 3:06 PM   in reply to Splops
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    It looks very much like it would in a 72 ppi document at 100% zoom. You are absolutely sure that it's 300 ppi?

     
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  • Splops
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    9. Splops,
    Aug 17, 2012 3:14 PM   in reply to conroy
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    Yep

    300 Resolution.jpg

     
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  • R_Kelly
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    10. R_Kelly,
    Aug 17, 2012 3:19 PM   in reply to Splops
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    The text should still be bigger even at that size.

     
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  • Splops
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    11. Splops,
    Aug 17, 2012 3:20 PM   in reply to R_Kelly
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    I know. I don't understand it. All of a sudden it's like this.

     
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  • R_Kelly
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    12. R_Kelly,
    Aug 17, 2012 3:25 PM   in reply to Splops
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    It looks like the text size is set to pixels instead of point as Chris Cox said.

     

    In the tool options bar with the type tool selected does it have pt or px after the size?

     
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  • Splops
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    13. Splops,
    Aug 17, 2012 3:28 PM   in reply to R_Kelly
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    pt

     
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  • R_Kelly
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    14. R_Kelly,
    Aug 17, 2012 3:38 PM   in reply to Splops
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    Two things you can try:

     

    1. with the type tool selected, right click on the big T in the tool options bar and choose Reset Tool.

     

    2. If that doesn't try resetting the cs2 preferences by holding down the Shift+Ctrl+Alt keys just after double clicking to start photoshop.

        Keep holding the keys down until you get a dialog asking if you want to delete the photoshop settings file and click yes.

     
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  • Splops
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    15. Splops,
    Aug 17, 2012 5:42 PM   in reply to R_Kelly
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    Resetting it seems to be working. Thanks so much.

     
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