This post is not about baking or crafting.

However, this has changed my life, so I must share with the bloggy world.

I sat down at my computer this morning and began editing photos.  As usual, I was agonizing over picking a font.  I’m just the average girl who sees “fonts I love” on pinterest and downloads them all.  Sometimes having a lot of options is a bad thing.  I take forever choosing fonts!
Changing font preview 1

Since I can’t get a feel for how the font will look by these tiny previews, I just highlight and try them all.  Not all, but a lot.    Like the “Doris Day” font below.  How am I supposed to know if I want to try that font?  I try many of them, and other font candidates I skip all together because I just don’t know what they look like.  Well, turns out Doris Day is a darling font (see whaaa? in the picture below).

changing font preview 2

I don’t know why I haven’t fixed this problem until now.  I didn’t even google it.  I just looked around in photoshop for one minute and found the remedy to my subconscious font irritations.

Go to
Photoshop>
Preferences>
Type
changing font preview 3

This window popped up.
The font preview size was at medium.  There are several options, but I changed it to “extra large.”
changing font preview 4

It’s a MIRACLE!   I can see!  I can see!  My eyes aren’t aging after all!  Well, maybe they are.

But this small change has made my font selection process MUCH faster.  I don’t have to try them all because I get a better feel if it’s what I’m looking for from the larger preview.
changing font preview

To smart people, this post must seem ridiculously elementary.
And to non-bloggers, this post is snooze-worthy.

But I thought it might help/change your life if you are like me…
A non-techy person trying to get by in photoshop so you can share your projects!


If this helps one person, I am satisfied with my day.  Have a good one!