Computer Graphics with Photoshop

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Looking for a font

rfdjr@aol.com

2005-04-28, 11:14 pm

I'm doing a website for my Son, and he sent me a font he found in
Photoshop that he'd like to use. I'm trying to find the font in
Photoshop on my computer. Where are the fonts kept? I have a font
reading program, and if I can find the folder, I can look at them all
and find the one I need. Are the fonts used by Photoshop true-type
fonts? Or does Photoshop just use fonts that are installed on the
computer, so this might be a font on my Son's system that he found
using Photoshop? Thanks.
P.S. I'm using version 6.0

Hunt

2005-04-29, 4:14 am

In article <h34371hanh7gko3ghmfnn0muifpvhr8psr@4ax.com>, rfdjr@aol.com says...
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>I'm doing a website for my Son, and he sent me a font he found in
>Photoshop that he'd like to use. I'm trying to find the font in
>Photoshop on my computer. Where are the fonts kept? I have a font
>reading program, and if I can find the folder, I can look at them all
>and find the one I need. Are the fonts used by Photoshop true-type
>fonts? Or does Photoshop just use fonts that are installed on the
>computer, so this might be a font on my Son's system that he found
>using Photoshop? Thanks.
>P.S. I'm using version 6.0

Adobe products can have some fonts loaded. In the days before CS, there were
often quite a few, especially with Illustrator, and PageMaker. Looking at my
system (XP, CS - Platinum, or whatever it is called), all of the "font"
folders are empty. So, in my case, all fonts available to PS (or AI, or IND)
are system fonts. Now, depending on your son's system, they may be TTF, or PS.
If you have the same OS, then you probably have most that he has. However, he
may have many more. My list is now about 4500 with about 600 installed. If he
has one that you don't have, you can probably find it, though it might cost a
bit of money.

Hunt

John Rampling

2005-04-29, 7:14 am

Upload a jpeg of the font to alt.binaries.fonts and ask for an ID.

<rfdjr@aol.com> wrote in message
news:h34371hanh7gko3ghmfnn0muifpvhr8psr@4ax.com...
> I'm doing a website for my Son, and he sent me a font he found in
> Photoshop that he'd like to use. I'm trying to find the font in
> Photoshop on my computer. Where are the fonts kept? I have a font
> reading program, and if I can find the folder, I can look at them all
> and find the one I need. Are the fonts used by Photoshop true-type
> fonts? Or does Photoshop just use fonts that are installed on the
> computer, so this might be a font on my Son's system that he found
> using Photoshop? Thanks.
> P.S. I'm using version 6.0
>

rfdjr@aol.com

2005-04-29, 7:14 pm

Thanks for the info. My Som came through and identified the fonts. I
didn't have them, but I "Googled" them and found and downloaded both.
Now I have to find out how to do all the layer stuff he's telling me
about. I'm supposed to click Layer, then Layer Style but I don't see
Layer Style. Here's what he's telling me to do:

signboard font with the following options activated by clicking
"Layer" on the top bar and then "Layer Style"..
drop shadow
inner shadow
outer glow
bevel and emboss
color overlay
gradient overlay

I don't know where I go from there. I've tried File > New, then when
the box comes up to type the text into (the proper font is chosen) I
click Layer, but Layer Style is grayed out so I can't chose the drop
shadow, inner shadow, etc. What could my problem be? Thanks again.
>I'm doing a website for my Son, and he sent me a font he found in
>Photoshop that he'd like to use. I'm trying to find the font in
>Photoshop on my computer. Where are the fonts kept? I have a font
>reading program, and if I can find the folder, I can look at them all
>and find the one I need. Are the fonts used by Photoshop true-type
>fonts? Or does Photoshop just use fonts that are installed on the
>computer, so this might be a font on my Son's system that he found
>using Photoshop? Thanks.
>P.S. I'm using version 6.0

KatWoman

2005-04-29, 7:14 pm

Type should always come up in it's own layer, click the layer to "set" it.
It should display the test you typed as the layer name.
make sure it is not a LOCKED or background layer (to get rid of background
layer double click it, it auto renames or you can type a name)

<rfdjr@aol.com> wrote in message
news:d1c471d0uughv4ckebpv1hdnhipba7958s@4ax.com...
> Thanks for the info. My Som came through and identified the fonts. I
> didn't have them, but I "Googled" them and found and downloaded both.
> Now I have to find out how to do all the layer stuff he's telling me
> about. I'm supposed to click Layer, then Layer Style but I don't see
> Layer Style. Here's what he's telling me to do:
>
> signboard font with the following options activated by clicking
> "Layer" on the top bar and then "Layer Style"..
> drop shadow
> inner shadow
> outer glow
> bevel and emboss
> color overlay
> gradient overlay
>
> I don't know where I go from there. I've tried File > New, then when
> the box comes up to type the text into (the proper font is chosen) I
> click Layer, but Layer Style is grayed out so I can't chose the drop
> shadow, inner shadow, etc. What could my problem be? Thanks again.
>
>