Improve text appearance with Photoshop’s anti-aliasing
One of the most important things you can do to improve the look of your text in Photoshop is adjust the anti-aliasing of the text based on the size the text will be displayed at.
Text anti-aliasing can be found in Photoshop’s Control Bar (usually located at the top of the screen) when you have the text tool selected. You’ll find it just to the right of the point size entry box, as seen in the screenshot above. You can adjust the anti-aliasing by selecting the options in the drop-down menu.
There are four anti-aliasing options, Smooth, Strong, Crisp and Sharp. Which one you use depends on the size of your text.
As you can see in the image above, larger text sizes look better with Smooth or Strong. Smaller text sizes tend to look better with Crisp and Sharp – with tiny text on a website almost always looking best using the Sharp setting. The image doesn’t really show the difference in smaller text as well as I would like, but if you adjust the settings in your own document, you’ll surely see the difference.
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You’re welcome. Little things like this tip often make the biggest difference in the outcome of a design.
Thank you, this came in handy just now; was looking for a way to align my text in a little smoother way, got a big project going on and need to have it to the perfection 🙂
Probably the feature I use the most when working with text in PS. Any time I am working with text, be it for web or graphic design, I will look at which aliasing will best suit my needs. Just wish it were scalable instead of being set specific by Adobe. Even though I have never had one situation where a setting was not good enough. Been close though. Great tip for people not aware of it.
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