Helvetica
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- Claymantis
Helvetica seems to distort at smaller sizes in photoshop. Does anyone know a fix to this problem?
I have seen it before at other places that I have worked at. But never had the time to fix it.
What gives??
- MSL0
Do you have 'fractional widths' turned on (it's in the font floating palette as a check box)?
- Claymantis0
Is it in the Character palette?
- d_rek0
Can you show us the problem?
Most typefaces tend to distort to a point in photoshop simply because they're being rendered as pixels and not crisp vector objects. A higher DPI helps (300 +) but doesn't completely eliminate the problem - although the higher you get the less pronounced the effect.
- i_monk0
Do you mean on screen or in final output?
- cashface0
anti-aliasing maybe?
- Claymantis0
I understand that sometimes the font looks weird because thats how the program renders it.. but when I export it looks the same.
The text is wobbly.
- BaskerviIle0
are you on a PC? windows rendering of type is generally awful
- monospaced0
That is hands-down the worst drawing of Helvetica I've ever seen. Go grab yourself a copy of Neue and get back to work already.
- I use only Helvetica at work (for now) and don't experience this. It is almost certainly your font.monospaced
- ....and also grab an
Apple computer while
you are at it...utopian
- prophet0
set ps aliasing to smooth instead of sharp?
- aes0
I usually take screen shots in TextEdit and multiply it into Photoshop.
- johanito0
NO TYPE in photoshop FFS
- showpony0
i experience this same problem... using just the normal system version... sucks when you're doing web comps.
- jteore0
I would say reinstall your system fonts
- Claymantis0
It does it with all versions of helvetica.
I don't think it will print that way, but I do all digital work... so it really sucks!- not true...doesn't do it with my version(s) of Helveticamonospaced
- fresnobob0
rasterize it
- i_monk0
What about Illustrator? Place your purty picshurs in AI and set the type there.
- Miesfan0
Picture?
to distort, how? in wich way?
Are OT? H. Neue?
Are you trying PDF, and have the same aspect?...