Headline typeface

[Kristine65]

Howdy all. Was sitting at work today thinking a poster I'd just printed didn't look as good as I'd liked because the typeface I used for the title appeared pixelated when printed even though it was OK in the screen :confused:

ATM, I'm doing everything in Photoshop (my boss is cheap so I've got my old copy of Photoshop7 at work and use CS2 at home) so, I'm wondering if it'd have a better finish if I did it in Illustrator then imported it into PS, or even to Indesign? I've not used Indesign for posters yet :rolleyes:

TIA
8^)

[DesignVHL]

sounds like a font issue to me..maybe the postscript is missing or something....does it print pixelated off your inkjet? I would think that you would have caught the pixelation before you went to print by looking at a proof....either way, if you were to flatten the file, or rasterize the type, does it print fine? Can you show us an example?

[Kristine65]

I guess the print was the proof :S Rasterize didn't seem to make any diff. I'm using a laser printer if that makes any difference (though I wouldn't have thought it would). I will scan the result and post it when I get back to work (it's almost bedtime where I am :D) I'm not even sure which font I was using now (blonde moment :o) but it was a PC standard, nothing special.

[mojoprime]

how big is your poster? if you've got quite a bit of type, i'd recommend doing it in illustrator if you can.

what resolution is your file in photoshop set at?

[DesignVHL]

mojo asked some great questions...I would also check to see if this laser printer handles postscript (although I'm not sure this has anything to do w/ it - I have a non ps printer and can print out from PS just fine w/ no issues.

So as of right now, it does sound like it could be a resolution issue...though if that were the case, the whole printout would look pixelated and not very sharp. IS it everything that is not printing out well, or JUST this particular font. Perhaps the font is damaged?

I also agree the illustrator or inDesign would be a better way to deal w/ type, unless you have some fancy effects going on. Prints sharper and better.

[furiouSPEED]

To work in the more proper resolution seems to be the closest approach, it may need to check resolution of the printer, besides it may also depend on paper used for printing.

[garricks]

If I understand correctly, you're combining text, graphics and photos. Prepare photos in Photoshop, graphics in Illy, assemble with type in InDesign and send to press as an Acrobat PDF. Use the right tool for each job. :D

[Kristine65]

ooo... sorry folks. Was a crappy day at work Friday and I forgot all about this thread :(

Yes, garrick. Tho the only graphic in it is the typography, the background is an image.

Speed... resolution is 300dpi. Not real sure if the printer is the same ro not. Will check that.

VHL... it's just the text. There's lots of it too.

mojo... it's A1 and yeh, the poster lists all the Clubs free entertainment for Friday and Saturdays during a particular month so it's pretty wordy.

Thanks much folks. Will delve into more when I'm not so annoyed at the boss ;)

[urstwile]

Howdy all. Was sitting at work today thinking a poster I'd just printed didn't look as good as I'd liked because the typeface I used for the title appeared pixelated when printed even though it was OK in the screen :confused:
The key here is in your post. Type in Photoshop will look great on screen, but type always looks better when you print it vector, not raster. I'd recommend doing in InDesign or Illustrator.

Failing that however, provided your type in Photoshop is still type and not rasterized, save the Photoshop file as a PDF, which will preserve the vector edges of your type.