Why text looks pixelated when chosen....

[nikky0000]

Hi,using win 7 on Photoshop cs4.

for some reason, I've noticed that when I double click a text box to 'hightlight' it, it looks unclear, pixelated. etc.

image link

http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/647/samplezu.jpg

Maybe this was always there but it seems new. Can someone test this and let me know if they get the same thing.

Thanks.

Nikky.

 

[spamjim]

Do you also see guide lines when you pull them from a ruler at the side of the document window?

 

[nikky0000]

Yes.

nikky

 

[Nocandu]

Hi

For what is is worth when I tried this the type looked the same selected and not selected. However even 36 point type looked pixelated when I enlarged a the image on the screen a bit.

However when I blew up your type it looks to my like it has a thin light green outline applied to it.

Check and see if you have a color selected for the outline that is different then the base color.

Mike

 

[Gruuuu]

I think spamjim was on the right track. that sounds like wireframe or preview (?) mode. I don't recall exactly what the mode is called. But you get to it by hitting ctrl+y, and you either hit it again to get out, or hit shift+ctrl+y. Either way you should be able to navigate to it in the View menu

 

[spamjim]

I think spamjim was on the right track

Thanks for a vote of confidence but I wasn't really going anywhere specifically.

My post was to simply indicate that there are some display features that are unique to the author and they should not be a concern for the end product. No one else will see these.

If the concern is for an easy way to preview fonts, one might want to make use of a font viewer app.