Photoshop Text Font

[mariuszpl88]

In Photoshop CS5 when I try to type something the font size is so small.I selected size 12 and the font is more like 5-6. What should I do? I tried reseting type tool but didnt work I uninstalled and installed again but didnt work either

 

[Dezigns Unlimited]

Depends on how big your document or canvas is, if it's huge then a 12pt font will look small. How big is the canvas?

 

[mariuszpl88]

the thing is that the type size doesnt change when canvas size changes

 

[Dezigns Unlimited]

Bump your font size up to maybe 24 see what that looks like...

 

[Gaussian]

go to Image --> Image Size what is the resolution set at? If this is for web or screen set it to 72dpi.

 

[mariuszpl88]

go to Image --> Image Size what is the resolution set at? If this is for web or screen set it to 72dpi.

I opened a random image andthis is what i got

 

[mariuszpl88]

Bump your font size up to maybe 24 see what that looks like...

this looks more like 12....

 

[Gaussian]

Resolution 1 pixels/inch.... that is your problem....change that to 72.

 

[mariuszpl88]

Resolution 1 pixels/inch.... that is your problem....change that to 72.

change it to 72 pixels/inch?

 

[Gaussian]

Yes, but take a quick note of the pixel dimensions and after you adjust the resolution change the pixel dimensions back to the same as they were.

Text "point" size in Photoshop is relative to the resolution, with 1 pixel/inch resolution will case text point sizes to scale way down.

 

[Dezigns Unlimited]

Yup, Gauss hit the nail on the head!!