[thelist] [Photoshop] text wrap error

[Norman Bunn]

Seyon wrote:
> Message from Paul Bennett (4/23/2004 03:32 PM)
> 
>> Tim and Joshua - legends the both of ya!
>> <tip type="Photoshop 5.5">
>> Having trouble with text that wraps behind itself instead of having a 
>> line break?
>> Select the text, and adjust the 'leading' value in the text dialogue 
>> box. (unfortunately, PS 5.5 does not seem to have the 'autp' feature 
>> added in later versions). Play araound with the values and you will 
>> soon have text that doesn't look like someone has wiped all the 
>> letters into a pile)
>>
>> a value of '13' seems to work with 12 px text, so methinks try 
>> something around the value of the text you are working with
>> </tip>
> 
> 
> 
> Yup, leading refers to the height of the line, so it would need to be 
> slightly larger than the size of the text.
> 
> regards.
> 

And for those of us who did not grow up around printing shops and don't 
know any better, it is pronounced like "get the lead out", not as "he 
takes the lead and wins".

Norman

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