Re: Photoshop 4 Type tool doesn't work

In article <VLmVf.59246$H71.49000@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, RE-
MOVEmike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx says...

"Hunt" <noone@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Mike,

Didn't v4 treat Text as a Selection, still? I have a copy on my machine in
the
office, because I still need do a particular operation for a client, now,
and
again, and as of v5, the process changed beyond what her printer can
handle.

I believe you got a preview of the text in the dialog, then it put the text
down in a rasterized form. In quickmask mode this could be used to create a
selection.

I'll crank it up on Monday, and see if I can duplicate the problem, but I
suspect that it is with dealing with Selections as Type, unlike later
versions
of PS. I'm thinking that with v5, one had editable Text, and not before
(could
be confused with v3 v v4 though).

Good idea - I'm curious how it worked.
--

Mike Russell
www.curvemeister.com

Ah, the failures of the memory, when you get past 50! Cranked up 4.0.x and I
was wrong. It must have been v3.x that I was thinking of - I knew that the
basic method of applying Text changed about then, but was not sure when it
was. Anyway, v4 brings up the Text dialog box and the typing is done in it. I
tried to experience some sort of similar problem, but could not duplicate it.
I tried on New Layer, Background (italics here), and on a converted Background
Layer, to no avail.

Since the OP has tried other colors, it doesn't sound like the white type on
white background issue, and I am stumped.

Tacit suggests a bad font, and that might be where to look.

Sorry for the deadend here,
Hunt

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