stronger text?

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Jo.T
Sep 20, 2008
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Is there an easy way to make text stronger in Photoshop without increasing font size, etc? In Adobe Illustrator you can, for example, add a 0.25 point stroke of the same color as the text and increase it a little that way. I don’t think PS has less than a 1pt stroke option?

Thanks in advance !

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Mylenium
Sep 21, 2008
I’m not sure what exactly you are looking for, but you can use layer styles (Outer Glow, Stroke with Burst Gradient) to some degree. They calculate with sub-pixel precision, though they still may getr "rounded off" to the wrong values and look crooked for some cases. In my experience the overall perception of "heaviness" is more or less merely a matter of changing the antialiasing pattern (or at least it’s perception). Also experiment with the different AA settings in the first place, of course.

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John Joslin
Sep 21, 2008
…. or use a more suitable font. If you have to fake it it’s probably not right!
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Phosphor
Sep 21, 2008
…. or use a more suitable program. What are you trying to do? Trap the type? What’s the final output?
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Don_McCahill
Sep 22, 2008
Adding a border to type will make most typographers cringe. When you do this you distort the character shape, fill in the bowls, distort the serifs, and general destroy the look of the font that the typographer spent hours building.

If you want more punch for the type, enlarge it, choose a bolder font, or use color for the impact. But please don’t stroke the characters.
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Phosphor
Sep 22, 2008
For a quarter of a point, maybe try Faux Bold (Character palette).

I’m still wondering if this is for trapping purposes, but it seems like an excessive amount.

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