SitePoint Sponsor |
|
User Tag List
Results 1 to 10 of 10
Thread: using Photoshop 5 for text...
-
Nov 7, 2000, 15:42 #1
- Join Date
- Oct 1999
- Location
- New York, NY
- Posts
- 826
- Mentioned
- 0 Post(s)
- Tagged
- 0 Thread(s)
Hi --
I was wondering how I can use Photoshop 5 (on a PC) and create mostly text (times new roman, 9 point for example) and have it print out clearly. I tries to uncheck anti-alias and that just seemed to make it look jagged. And using anti-alias, at that small font size made it look blury.
I heard it's possible to create small text and have it clear, I'm just not sure how. Any help or advice would be appreciated.
(p.s. -- I know Quark is much better for this, however, I want to see if it's possible in Photoshop!)
Josh
-
Nov 9, 2000, 10:52 #2
- Join Date
- Jan 2000
- Location
- Charlotte, NC
- Posts
- 5,891
- Mentioned
- 0 Post(s)
- Tagged
- 0 Thread(s)
Not sure I'm following your exact use for this, but I recommend staying away from using images for text on your site. It will drastically negatively effect your load time.
-
Nov 9, 2000, 13:29 #3
- Join Date
- Oct 1999
- Location
- New York, NY
- Posts
- 826
- Mentioned
- 0 Post(s)
- Tagged
- 0 Thread(s)
Oh no, M James, I would never use text for images on my site
!
I actually needed this info for a print project! Thanks for your input.
Josh
-
Nov 9, 2000, 15:15 #4
- Join Date
- Jan 2000
- Location
- Charlotte, NC
- Posts
- 5,891
- Mentioned
- 0 Post(s)
- Tagged
- 0 Thread(s)
My fault... glad to hear you aren't!
-
Nov 9, 2000, 16:31 #5
-
Nov 10, 2000, 19:18 #6
- Join Date
- Mar 2000
- Posts
- 32
- Mentioned
- 0 Post(s)
- Tagged
- 0 Thread(s)
What print resolution are you printing at? Time roman at 9 pts should not be a problem with a good printer. For good quality A4, a resolution of 300 dpi should be ok, of course it also depends on the type of printer.
Photoshop 5 is not too crash hot on large amount of text. Illustrator is more suited. Photoshop 6 is better at text, but no where near quark or illustrator.
-
Dec 7, 2000, 23:06 #7
- Join Date
- Dec 2000
- Posts
- 20
- Mentioned
- 0 Post(s)
- Tagged
- 0 Thread(s)
If text, for images is such a bad idea, then why do companies such as Apple, Adobe, Dell, Compaq, etc etc all use text headers and such?
CLARITY!
If you know what you're doing you can optimize a .gif file to 80% dither, then save it as a .jpg from that at 60% quality and shrink the file size by almost half.
-
Dec 8, 2000, 01:49 #8
- Join Date
- Apr 2000
- Location
- Los Angeles, California
- Posts
- 1,008
- Mentioned
- 0 Post(s)
- Tagged
- 0 Thread(s)
Originally posted by Zulu
What print resolution are you printing at? Time roman at 9 pts should not be a problem with a good printer. For good quality A4, a resolution of 300 dpi should be ok, of course it also depends on the type of printer.
Photoshop 5 is not too crash hot on large amount of text. Illustrator is more suited. Photoshop 6 is better at text, but no where near quark or illustrator.
-
Dec 8, 2000, 17:30 #9
- Join Date
- Dec 2000
- Posts
- 20
- Mentioned
- 0 Post(s)
- Tagged
- 0 Thread(s)
Have you tried ps6? If you have then you haven't used the text tool.
It is JUST LIKE Illustrator 9.0.
-
Dec 9, 2000, 12:24 #10
- Join Date
- Apr 2000
- Location
- Los Angeles, California
- Posts
- 1,008
- Mentioned
- 0 Post(s)
- Tagged
- 0 Thread(s)
Originally posted by JakeLitwicki
Have you tried ps6? If you have then you haven't used the text tool.
It is JUST LIKE Illustrator 9.0.
Bookmarks