Forcing Characters Onto The Same Baseline in a Type Layer

[Moviefan2k4]

I'm using the CS6 version of Photoshop, and I'm wondering if this is possible. I know it can be done after you turn the letters into Shapes, but I'd prefer to leave the type layer intact if I can. Thanks in advance to anyone who can help.

 

[thebestcpu]

Do you have a PSD file to share as an example of what needs to be corrected?
John Wheeler

 

[IamSam]

Please explain further and provide screenshots.

 

[Rich54]

I'll take a guess at what your question means. It sounds like you're asking how to take the final "p" in Photoshop—for example—and forcing it to be on the same bottom baseline as all the other letters. You can do this in a text layer, but with restrictions:

• It doesn't automatically resize. If you later decide to change the size of your text, you'll need to go back and redo the baseline shift.
• If you later decide to change the word Photoshop to "phosphorus", the effect will not recognize the new letters "p". You'll need to go back and redo them individually.

The first line is normal text. The tail of the final "p" drops below the red baseline.




In the second line, the letter "p" is raised so that the bottom of its tail is on the same baseline as the other letters. This is done in the Character Panel by highlighting the letter "p" and adjusting the character baseline shift.





In the third row, I adjusted the both the character baseline shift and the character vertical scale.

 

[Moviefan2k4]

I'm making my own billing blocks for various films, starting with 2021's version of Mortal Kombat. As you can see, several of the capital letters in this font (namely, Bee Two) have rounded sections which place them below a shared baseline by default. I've tried changing the sizes of various letters to compensate, and adjusting the vertical spacing as well, but it still doesn't work perfectly.

 

[IamSam]

Here's my work around. This is only one possible solution.

STEP 1 - I made a copy of this sentence layer and rasterized it.


Next I used the Rectangular Marquis Tool and deleted all the letters that are even with the baseline...........leaving those that aren't level with the lower baseline and extend above the upper baseline.


I then used Free Transform to adjust the tops down and the bottoms upward.


This is the result. They have now been FORCED!! (Turn this layer off for the next step)


STEP 2 - I then went back to the original type layer, added a layer mask, then I made a selection of all the "affected" letters and filed the selections with black.


This is the result...

Result with selection deselected....


Finally, I turn on the rasterized layer I created in step 1. Problem solved. You can do this for the entire line!