QuickTip: Tweaking Photoshop's User Interface

Changing the type size of the font preview list

Just like my beloved Mac, I can customize my Photoshop experience to an unbelievable level. For example, do you find the font preview list in Photoshop to be a little small for your tastes? How about the little labels in all the floating palettes? The fix is super simple in Photoshop CS2.

Choose Photoshop > Preferences > Type and pick a size from the pop-up menu, like so:

You'll see the change when you peek at your fonts through either the Character floating palette or in the options toolbar when the Type tool is selected, as shown below:

Change the size of the fonts used in all of Photoshop's palettes by choosing Photoshop > Preferences > General > UI > Font Size.

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