meltz opened this issue on May 12, 2009 · 10 posts
meltz posted Tue, 12 May 2009 at 10:56 AM
ok so i am having problems making the words i put on a texture look smooth i guess you can say. The pixels of the letters sort of look choppy and edgy. Dont know if i am explainingit right or not lol
ockham posted Tue, 12 May 2009 at 11:23 AM
There should be a check mark for "Anti-alias" somewhere in the Tool Options
for text. Try that....
KrazyHorse posted Tue, 12 May 2009 at 12:19 PM
My CS2 does not have antialias available or I do not know how to access it so what you can do is open a new document window in the resolution and approximate size you want. IE: 200x200 at a resolution of 300, 800 dpi or what ever is necessary .Type in your text then copy the text to a new layer over your image and drag it where ever you want I'm no expert but this works for me if I use a font that is rough. TrueType fonts come out pretty smooth at any resolution.
meltz posted Tue, 12 May 2009 at 12:22 PM
truetype? is that what come with CS3?
Intense3D posted Tue, 12 May 2009 at 1:05 PM
Quote - truetype? is that what come with CS3?
TrueType are the fonts that come with Windows (*.ttf)
I have had good luck with the "Tahoma" font face and Copperplate Gothic
KrazyHorse posted Tue, 12 May 2009 at 1:14 PM
Quote - truetype? is that what come with CS3?
Open up the font selection window, anything with a TT in front of it is true type.
pakled posted Tue, 12 May 2009 at 11:16 PM
unless it's changed, there are also adobe-type fonts (not truetype). Trying to remember what they're called, but you might just go through Photoshop (should be a fonts section) and see if there's anything native to it. I seem to remember that they might be vector-based (sizing doesn't distort them), but I've remembered a few things in my time wrongly...;)
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bantha posted Wed, 13 May 2009 at 5:38 AM
True Type fonts are vector-oriented too. Which software do you use for creating those textures, melz?
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hborre posted Wed, 13 May 2009 at 6:47 AM Online Now!
In all actuality, the best program to create text for Poser texturing is Adobe Illustrator. It gives better, sharper lines for such work. I use Inkscape for decaling images onto my textures and the best perk is it is free. It can be found here:
Slight learning curve but you will be satisfied with the results.
meltz posted Wed, 13 May 2009 at 10:41 AM
i have just been using photoshop cs3, but defently gonna check out this inkscape as well.