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UH OH!@ My type won't show!


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This has just started since yesterday evening, but for some reason I cant get type to show on anything, no new "canvas" or existing "canvas'". Has anyone ever had this type of problem? Has Photoshop 7 just all of a sudden forgotten how to show the type that I'm inputting into the program? Yesterday was fine, but last night and today? POOOOOF!

Any suggestions?

Thanks, Ric
 
yes i have had that problem i couldnt figure out what was wrong with it so i just reinstalled it and it works great now just try that and yes i know


no matter what it is ,it is always dreadful to reinstall but that was my solution
 
tried it, didn't do the trick. I resorted to doing text in paintbrush of all things, and c/ping it to ps7, then doing my thing. I can't find anything in help files or anywhere on the web to help,

The text types out in the layers box, and the spaces advance as I "type" away. But nothing at all will show on screen. It's like everything is transparent text, when I know it's not supposed to be.
 
Does this happen with all fonts? Usually when you type in a font that doesn't contain all of the characters in the map, it will just leave spaces.

Does it do this with all type tools? Some tools aren't meant to leave text, but to leave selections. If you have selections hidden, then you would be getting a whole lot of nothing showing up.

One thing to try would be to open your text palette and click the drop down arrow and check "reset character" to make sure that you aren't using some weird combination of character settings that's somehow breaking something.

If that doesn't work, maybe blowing away your preferences will help... sometimes even a reinstall doesn't blow away preferences. (this is worse on a windows machine where you're system relies on a registry to track application changes).

Are any other programs exhibiting this behavior?

Are any other tools in Photoshop not working as expected?

What OS are you using?
 
Does this happen with all fonts? Usually when you type in a font that doesn't contain all of the characters in the map, it will just leave spaces.

Regular old fonts, nothing special.

Does it do this with all type tools? Some tools aren't meant to leave text, but to leave selections. If you have selections hidden, then you would be getting a whole lot of nothing showing up.

All type tools are included in this. (selections hidden?)

One thing to try would be to open your text palette and click the drop down arrow and check "reset character" to make sure that you aren't using some weird combination of character settings that's somehow breaking something.

Just tried it, didn't do anything.

If that doesn't work, maybe blowing away your preferences will help... sometimes even a reinstall doesn't blow away preferences. (this is worse on a windows machine where you're system relies on a registry to track application changes).

Not sure how to do this.

Are any other programs exhibiting this behavior?

No, only PS7.

Are any other tools in Photoshop not working as expected?

Everything else is working fine as I can see in PS7.

What OS are you using?

XP home.[/b]
 
About hidden selections - you can make selections invisible by choosing the menu option or by hitting ctrl+ H. This will hide your helper visuals like marquee's, guides, slices, etc.

If this happens with all your tools, that probably isn't the case though.

Are you using a font manager? That could interfere with the operation of fonts.

What else is loading on your computer? Any other applications open when this occurs? Anything installed and running in the background, like system tray apps or whatever?

How about transparency settings, have you tried toggling between hardware and software transparency?

Are you on the latest version of Photoshop?

Have you updated your system recently? New video drivers are a common culprit of things like this.

Blowing away photoshop's preferences. Hold ctrl+alt+shift when you double click the icon to start photoshop. It will prompt you if you want to erase your preferences. (I'm pretty sure those are the keys, a windows user wanna back me up on this or correct me?)
 
About hidden selections - you can make selections invisible by choosing the menu option or by hitting ctrl+ H. This will hide your helper visuals like marquee's, guides, slices, etc.

doens't work.

If this happens with all your tools, that probably isn't the case though.

only text tools.

Are you using a font manager? That could interfere with the operation of fonts.

No font manager. I'm asuming you mean like adobe font manager program.

What else is loading on your computer? Any other applications open when this occurs? Anything installed and running in the background, like system tray apps or whatever?

The only thing I've had open when there is anything, is a web browser, mozilla or IE. zone alarm, norton, ftp.

How about transparency settings, have you tried toggling between hardware and software transparency?

don't know how.

Are you on the latest version of Photoshop?

7.0 straight up,

Have you updated your system recently? New video drivers are a common culprit of things like this.

Haven't done anything to the system to "upgrade" it. As I said it just started happeneing last night, yesterday it was fine.

Blowing away photoshop's preferences. Hold ctrl+alt+shift when you double click the icon to start photoshop. It will prompt you if you want to erase your preferences. (I'm pretty sure those are the keys, a windows user wanna back me up on this or correct me?)

Didn't work.
 
Well, the first thing I would do is to update to 7.0.1

If you haven't installed any new software or hardware recently, then I would maybe consider that you have either drive corruption or some kind of malicous activity (virus and the ilk).

I've never heard of that happening. I've typed faster than my computer could keep up, but I don't think that counts. ;)

What happens if you copy text from say, notepad, and then hit the type tool and paste into it?

I know this is just some simple problem that's elluding description, that's always how it goes. haha
 
AS I said, I'm resorting to doing basic text in paintbrush at the moment, and c/ping it to ps, then doing work like it was no problem there.

It's freakin' weird i tell ya.
 
When you cut and paste, are you pasting editable text or just pixels?

Well, I played with every type tool feature I could. The only two ways I could reproduce what you described was if I either:

- typed with the same color as the background

or

- created a layer with 0% fill and typed on that

I thought maybe it was a paragraph problem, but even in paragraph mode it showed text.

Do you use any multiple langue IMEs? I've had weird things happen when I try to type and accidentally change IMEs in the middle of typing.
 
When you cut and paste, are you pasting editable text or just pixels?

I'd assume pixels only, since it's kjust like pasting a graphic form the clipboard.

Well, I played with every type tool feature I could. The only two ways I could reproduce what you described was if I either:

- typed with the same color as the background

or

- created a layer with 0% fill and typed on that

not the case.

I thought maybe it was a paragraph problem, but even in paragraph mode it showed text.

Do you use any multiple langue IMEs? I've had weird things happen when I try to type and accidentally change IMEs in the middle of typing.

I'm not sure what you mean by IME. I can do graphics, but I'm not much on the technical terms and such.
 
I noticed you mentioned, "This has just started since yesterday evening..." If the problem only recently appeared, think about what may have changed in your system. If you recently installed some new software or hardware, try removing it to see if the problem goes away.

When you check File> New, what's the ppi setting? Make sure it's set to something like 72ppi for screen work or 300ppi for printing.

Did you get the dialog box when deleting the prefrences? It should say something like "Are you sure you want to reset photoshop's settings?"

Hold down Alt, Ctrl, and Shift keys (Mac: Command, Option, Shift) while starting Photoshop. A dialog box will appear asking if you wish to delete the preferences file (if you've already done this, then ignore this part).


Many TTFonts are unfortunately country-coded incorrectly due to a bug in a font creation application that quite a few foundries were using.

The fonts are listed alphabetically by country code, starting with
Western European.

If you open your adobefnt.lst file in a text editor, you will probably
find those fonts that are giving you problems have one of the
following entries:

WritingScript:Greek
WritingScript:Cyrillic
WritingScript:EastEuropeanRoman

when they should have

WritingScript:Roman

Changing the entry to WritingScript:Roman *may* help - but I would
make a copy of the file first....

If you do change the entries in the Adobefnt.lst, you will need to set it to read only to keep those settings. It will then not reflect any changes you make to your installed fonts.
 
c9mouse & mindbender...

THANKS! you two are awesome!

I was holding ctrl, alt and shift while clicking the program, but it prought up dialog properties. THAT confused me.

When I actually let the program click through, THEN hit the 3 keys. VOILA! It's working again. It was so simple that I'll be embarassed if it happens to me again.

I didn't do anything diffreent to my machine, didn't install anything or whatnot. It just happened. The computer/photoshop literally forgot.

NOW, all is good in my little world again. THIS is why I come here for my ps info. Thanks again.

Ric
 
Well now, that was an anticlimactic ordeal!! ;) hehe

Since nuking the preferences helped, I'm betting it was something that was changed in the preference pane or the type palette. There's a lot of fairly well hidden options in there. Glad it worked out for you. :righton:
 
One other thing I was going to add, is besides the Reset Character function, there is also the Reset Tool function.

You can reset the type tool. Click on the drop-down arrow next to the T icon at the left edge of the options bar, then select Reset Tool.

resetool.gif
 
Thanks again you two, Sorry it wasn't so anticlimatic. On the other hand, now my client has hsi files and the check is in the um, Fed-X.

I've bookmarked this page so incase I need it, I've got it.

Ric
 
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