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ADOBE PHOTOSHOP CS2
User Guide
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About fonts
A font is a complete set of characters—letters, numbers, and symbols—that share a common weight, width, and style.
When you select a font, you can select the font family and its type style independently. The font family is a collection
of fonts sharing an overall typeface design: for example, Times. A type style is a variant version of an individual font
in the font family: for example, Regular, Bold, or Italic. The range of available type styles varies with each font. If a
font doesn’t include the style you want, you can apply faux styles—simulated versions of bold, italic, superscript,
subscript, all caps, and small caps styles.
When you select a font, you can select the font family and its type style independently. The font family is a collection
of fonts sharing an overall typeface design: for example, Times. A type style is a variant version of an individual font
in the font family: for example, Regular, Bold, or Italic. The range of available type styles varies with each font. If a
font doesn’t include the style you want, you can apply faux styles—simulated versions of bold, italic, superscript,
subscript, all caps, and small caps styles.
In addition to the fonts installed on your system, Photoshop uses font files in these local folders:
Windows
Program Files/Common Files/Adobe/Fonts
Mac OS
Library/Application Support/Adobe/Fonts
If you install a Type 1, TrueType, OpenType, or CID font into the local Fonts folder, the font appears in Adobe appli
cations only.
cations only.
About character sets and alternate glyphs
Typefaces include many characters in addition to the ones you see on your keyboard. Depending on the font, these
characters can include ligatures, fractions, swashes, ornaments, ordinals, titling and stylistic alternates, superior and
inferior characters, old-style figures, and lining figures. A glyph is a specific form of a character. For example, in
certain fonts, the capital letter A is available in several forms, such as swash and small cap.
characters can include ligatures, fractions, swashes, ornaments, ordinals, titling and stylistic alternates, superior and
inferior characters, old-style figures, and lining figures. A glyph is a specific form of a character. For example, in
certain fonts, the capital letter A is available in several forms, such as swash and small cap.
To choose a font family and style
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Choose a font family from the Font Family menu in the Character palette or options bar. If more than one copy of
a font is installed on your computer, an abbreviation follows the font name: (T1) for Type 1 fonts, (TT) for TrueType
fonts, or (OT) for OpenType fonts.
fonts, or (OT) for OpenType fonts.
In Photoshop, the font family and font style menus display a preview of the font. You can specify the size of the
preview in the Type preferences.
preview in the Type preferences.
(Photoshop) The Font Family menu in both the Character palette and the options bar shows a preview of available fonts.