text formatting in photoshop

crybaby

wondering if someone could help me out, designing the packaging for a DVD at the moment, how do i format a paragraph of text so the sentences all end at the exact same point ? so i have something like this

text text text text text text
text text text text text text
text text text text text text
text text text text text text
text text text text text text

Gordon

I think you're talking about 'justifying' text? Where no matter what you write it appears as if it is spaced within a box, like a newspaper.

I don't think you can do that with a new version of Photoshop. You may be able to do it with Illustrator but I can't get justify to work on my version 10. For packaging the best software for text/imagery (as far as I have heard) is Quark Express. And as far as I understand people don't use Photoshop for packaging purposes.

Huggles

Gordon wrote:

I think you're talking about 'justifying' text? Where no matter what you write it appears as if it is spaced within a box, like a newspaper.

I don't think you can do that with a new version of Photoshop. You may be able to do it with Illustrator but I can't get justify to work on my version 10. For packaging the best software for text/imagery (as far as I have heard) is Quark Express. And as far as I understand people don't use Photoshop for packaging purposes.

Spot On Gordon.

You need quark or Illustrator

Scotty #

Instead of clicking where you want the txt to start, click and drag. This will draw the box you want your txt to appear in. You then click justify in the character/paragraph settings box.

Btw: unclick Hyphenate at the bottom of the box.

heggie

from a print point of view though it really is worth using quark/illustrator/indesign as the way text will be 'rastered' in photoshop results in a lower quality print

Scotty #

heggie wrote:

from a print point of view though it really is worth using quark/illustrator/indesign as the way text will be 'rastered' in photoshop results in a lower quality print

Really?? I didn't know that.

heggie

yep, swatches are hard to assign in photoshop, also usually the text will be rastered & anti aliased.

crybaby

from a print point of view though it really is worth using quark/illustrator/indesign as the way text will be 'rastered' in photoshop results in a lower quality print

i would agree with you but in this case it really does that make any difference, thanks for all the help lads