Resolution of text in Photoshop

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Greg Lewin
Nov 5, 2004
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Hi,

I’m a bit of a newbie to photoshop, and am using Photoshop Elements.

I find that any text I use in an image comes out rather blurred, lacking in the kind of clarity/sharpness/definition I’d normally expect for text from e.g. a word processor.

I’m wondering if this is a flaw in ‘Elements’ or whether I’m missing something out.

I’ve also tried typing some text in the Gimp and importing that into PE. That is also blurred, both when seen in PE and in The GIMP, so it looks like the font is inadequate rather than PE, but I’d be glad of any advice on this. It’s quite important, as I need to complete a business leaflet ASAP.

Would I get better results e.g. by downloading another font?

thanks,

Greg

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tacitr
Nov 5, 2004
I find that any text I use in an image comes out rather blurred, lacking in the kind of clarity/sharpness/definition I’d normally expect for text from e.g. a word processor.

Yes, of course it does.

Text that is output from a word processor is mathematically perfect. It is created at the resolution of your printer. if your printer is 1200 dpi, the text is rendered at 1200 dpi.

Text in a graphic is broken up into pixels. It is a *picture* of the text, just like if you scan a newspaper, you end up with a *picture* of the text.

Do not set text in an image editing program. It’s the wrong tool. Use a word processor or page layout app for text.

Photoshop–the full version–creates vector (mathematically perfect) text, but only if you save the Photoshop file as an EPS, a PSD, or a PDF. Save it in any other way, like a JPEG or a GIF or something, and the text becomes a picture, and does not print smoothly.


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