How can I find what fonts are used in an PSD file?

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eduncan911
Mar 27, 2005
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I have the all too common error of Adobe Photoshop CS opening a file but gives the error of an invalid text layer. Which usually means I don’t have the font installed that used for that layer.

Well, I was the original author of this PSD file. But I’ve formatted my machine a few months ago. Now I need to edit the file again.

I’ve installed like 2500+ fonts from every source I can think of of where I might have obtained the previous font.

I still get that error!!!

Is there a way, a freeware application of sometype, that will tell me what fonts are all being used in an PSD file? This is quite annoying, been 3 days now of me just installing every font I can get my hands on. Nada…

Thanks in advance!
-Eric
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edjh
Mar 27, 2005
eduncan911 wrote:
I have the all too common error of Adobe Photoshop CS opening a file but gives the error of an invalid text layer. Which usually means I don’t have the font installed that used for that layer.

Well, I was the original author of this PSD file. But I’ve formatted my machine a few months ago. Now I need to edit the file again.
I’ve installed like 2500+ fonts from every source I can think of of where I might have obtained the previous font.

I still get that error!!!

Is there a way, a freeware application of sometype, that will tell me what fonts are all being used in an PSD file? This is quite annoying, been 3 days now of me just installing every font I can get my hands on. Nada…

Thanks in advance!
-Eric
Yikes. You’re asking for trouble installing a huge number of fonts. Photoshop will tell you which are the missing fonts. Scroll down to the very bottom of the fonts list (if you can with all those fonts)and there will be a line; the missing fonts are listed underneath it.

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eduncan911
Mar 27, 2005
Humm. Where exactly would I scroll?

Create a new document, place a text box on a layer, and scroll down the font list for that Text control?

Doing that shows about 22 fonts. Several with names, but most of them with "ft##" where ## is replaced by a number. I can select them and enter text with that font. There’s also "two" lines at the bottom.

Perhaps I’m missing where you are directing me too.

Thanks!
-Eric
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edjh
Mar 27, 2005
eduncan911 wrote:
Humm. Where exactly would I scroll?

Create a new document, place a text box on a layer, and scroll down the font list for that Text control?

Doing that shows about 22 fonts. Several with names, but most of them with "ft##" where ## is replaced by a number. I can select them and enter text with that font. There’s also "two" lines at the bottom.
Perhaps I’m missing where you are directing me too.

Thanks!
-Eric
You’re in the right place. You have over 1200 fonts and the list only shows 22? I’d remove most but the most basic fonts first. Sounds like something is corrupt somewhere.

Then open a previously saved document, one that gives the error message and look at that list.

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Eric Gill
Mar 27, 2005
"eduncan911" wrote in news:1111943967.466696.247490 @z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com:

I still get that error!!!

….which tells you which typeface it’s looking for, btw.
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eduncan911
Mar 28, 2005
Yes, I have a lot of fonts loaded. Scrolling to the very bottom shows two "lines". Under the first line it lists one font name. Then another line, and under the 2nd line it shows 21 fonts. 7 have names and the others are named similar to ft## (ft12 – ft53).

edjh says:
"Then open a previously saved document, one that gives the error message
and look at that list. "

That’s the thing. I can not open the PSD file that gives that error. When I attempt to open it, it does not load and I get the error message below. Then it only gives me the option to click OK, which closes it. No partial loading or anything.

It’s Photoshop CS if that matter.

Eric Gill says:
"which tells you which typeface it’s looking for, btw. "

The error message is: "Could not complete your request because the layer is not a valid text layer."

Uh, am I missing something that tells me the "typeface"?

Thanks in advance!
-Eric
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Chris Cox
Mar 28, 2005
Eric Gill says:
"which tells you which typeface it’s looking for, btw. "
The error message is: "Could not complete your request because the layer is not a valid text layer."

Uh, am I missing something that tells me the "typeface"?

Nothing, because that error message has nothing to do with missing typefaces.

It says "the layer is not a valid text layer" – which most likely means the file is corrupt.

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Tacit
Mar 28, 2005
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"eduncan911" wrote:

The error message is: "Could not complete your request because the layer is not a valid text layer."

You are not missing a font. If there is a font missing, you get a different error message, which reads:

"Some text layers contain fonts that are missing. These layers will need to have the missing fonts replaced before they can be used for vector based output."

The error message you are seeing is telling you that the Photoshop file is corrupt (specifically, one of the text layers is damaged); that file can not be used. Replace the file from your backups.

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spO
Mar 30, 2005
I think if you double click on the boxed "T" in the layers palate it should show what font’s missing.

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I have the all too common error of Adobe Photoshop CS opening a file but gives the error of an invalid text layer. Which usually means I don’t have the font installed that used for that layer.

Well, I was the original author of this PSD file. But I’ve formatted my machine a few months ago. Now I need to edit the file again.
I’ve installed like 2500+ fonts from every source I can think of of where I might have obtained the previous font.

I still get that error!!!

Is there a way, a freeware application of sometype, that will tell me what fonts are all being used in an PSD file? This is quite annoying, been 3 days now of me just installing every font I can get my hands on. Nada…

Thanks in advance!
-Eric

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