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Photoshop showing two different sizes for same font size

Feb 20, 2013 1:42 AM

Tags: #different #cs6 #font_size

Hi folks,

 

I've been using Photoshop for a long time, but this problem has popped very rarely along the way and some how remedied itself - I'd like to know this time what's causing it, and how to solve it.

 

I'm in a Photoshop document, and I'm working with two different text areas. Both area registering as 14px in size in the Type menu, and yet, they're radically different in size. One is tiny, whilst the other is at least twice, maybe thrice the size. Why is this happening?

 

I've checked there's no overlapping text areas and things like that, everything should be fairly normal, it just isn't.

 

I'm using Adobe Photoshop CS6 v13.1.2 x64 for Mac, running on a Macbook Pro Retina 1.83ghz and 8GB ram

 

Thanks in advance    

690 Views   7 Replies   Latest reply: thomasbricker, May 14, 2013 6:59 AM
 
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  • Semaphoric
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    1. Semaphoric,
    Feb 20, 2013 7:45 PM   in reply to desirevo
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    Are they the same typeface?

     
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  • c.pfaffenbichler
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    2. c.pfaffenbichler,
    Feb 20, 2013 11:55 PM   in reply to desirevo
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    You may have transformed some of the Type Layers at some point and this may have affected the size that’s being displayed as opposed to the »actual« size.

     
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  • morgs32wastaken
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    3. morgs32wastaken,
    Mar 14, 2013 11:46 AM   in reply to c.pfaffenbichler
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    Well is there any way to make the type layers display the actual size again? Or is it irreversible and it all needs to be done from scratch?

     
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  • thenewbeatTO
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    4. thenewbeatTO,
    Mar 19, 2013 8:05 PM   in reply to morgs32wastaken
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    I have this same issue, and I'll post process photos for clarification:

     

    Here you can see the font size for this text at 26.14px which is accurate:

     

    adobe-help-screenshot1.jpg

    When I highlight the text, it changes the value to 5.86px, even though it clearly isn't that small.

     

    Screen shot 2013-03-19 at 11.04.42 PM.png

     

    This is a serious error since I can't accurately deliver size values to my developer. Please help!

     
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  • Noel Carboni
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    5. Noel Carboni,
    Mar 19, 2013 10:17 PM   in reply to thenewbeatTO
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    Help how?  We fellow users can't fix Photoshop bugs.

     

    A workaround would be to stop using Transform to set the size of your text.  Then it will always be accurate.

     

    -Noel

     
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  • Lynx_Paul
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    6. Lynx_Paul,
    Mar 20, 2013 4:10 AM   in reply to desirevo
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    We are having the same font size issue.

     

    It seems to be a CS6 problem, if a PSD was created in an older PS version, thats when you get the two different font sizes.

     

    Selecting the text layer from the Layer pallet should show the true value.

     

    This issue has been going on for over 9 months, still waiting for Adobe to correct this problem :-(

     
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  • thomasbricker
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    7. thomasbricker,
    May 14, 2013 6:59 AM   in reply to Lynx_Paul
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    Is there a way to get Photoshop to correct itself and forget about the Transform change that the type was subjected to.

    (Essential clear out the type "memory"?)

     

    This is a big pain in the butt.

     
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