Why is the Font so Big or Small in Photoshop

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Have you ever wondered why the font size

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is always so inconsistent in Photoshop?

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Sometimes you type in some text and

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then you set the font size to 12 PT or points but

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it's not even close to being 12 points.

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And the text is so tiny that you can

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barely read it. Either times, 12 points is

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gigantic.

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So, why isn't a tall point text in Photoshop

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the same size as a 12-point text would

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be another software like Microsoft Word.

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In this photoshop tutorial I'll explain

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to you why that's happening and how you

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can fix it.

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Alright guys so instead of fluffing the video

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and making you wait to the very end,

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let's get straight to the answer why is

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the font size always different photoshop;

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the answer is because you didn't set

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your document size or ppi correctly. This

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is a very common mistake that pretty

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much everyone makes. Let me show you how

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to fix it and then if you're still

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interested, you can keep watching to find

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out why it happens. Here we have a

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document the size of a business card and

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when we type in some text at the 10 points

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font size which is what are printing

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company recommends, it looks tiny. To fix

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this, just correct your image size

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setting by going to image -> image size. Uncheck

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the resample option so it doesn't

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change its pixel dimensions of your

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document. With this option off, if your

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document is 100 pixels wide

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they'll stay 100 pixels wide no matter

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what web for height you enter. Now, enter

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the correct width and height for minus 3.5

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x 2 inches, Photoshop will automatically

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calculate the resolution or ppi. So, you

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can just click OK to apply the changes.

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At first, it looks like nothing happened

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but select the text tool and then edit your

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text. You can now change the font to

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whatever size you want it and it'll look

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like the proper size. So, that's how you

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fix the inconsistent font size issue in

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Photoshop. But why does this happen when

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you're using points as a measurement?

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Let's say a 24-point text it's going to

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be the same size regardless of what your

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document size is. So, a 24 point font on this

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business card is going to be the same

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size as a 24.5 on this letter size paper.

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I'm going to undo the image size that we

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did earlier and go back to the image

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size tool. Here, you can see our mistake.

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Photoshop thinks that this business card

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is 14 by 8 inches which is really

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large. If you were to print this, it

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wouldn't even fit on a normal

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letter-size paper and I can prove this

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to you if we go to "File" -> "Print", here you

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can see that Photoshop thinks the

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document is gigantic. Even though the

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pixel dimensions is only about 1000

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pixels wide.

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Now, I'm going to go back to the image

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resize tool and fix the size. Now,

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when I go to print tool, it's going to

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look like a proper business card size. So

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there you go guys, next time you

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encounter this one key font size effect

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just go to "Image Size" tool, enter the proper

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documents eyes and your font size will

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start working normally again.

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Hey guys, thanks for watching this video

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so that was a very quick tip on

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something that happens to pretty much

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everyone. But now you know why it happens,

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and how you can fix it. If you're

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interested in more photoshop videos are

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just as quick as this one, then check out

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this video on how to find the hidden

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photographic 20 presets in Photoshop,

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there's 39 presets already built into

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Photoshop and if you're interested in

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finding out where they are, then click on

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this video to watch it. Anyways, thanks

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for watching again. Hope you guys have an

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awesome day.

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