Blurry Text

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Hello

I am using Fireworks MX and am typing some text using the vectir text tool. The problem i am having is that whatever I type seems to come out blurry. I have tried all the different anti-alias options and am viewing my image at 100%. I had this same problem with Photoshop also and cant figure out how to sort it out. My resolution is set to 150dpi also. I just want to know how to make clear text without any jagged edges. I have seen nice smooth looking text on other websites so how do they do it? I thought anti aliasing was supposed to make the text more clear and less pixaly but it doesnt seem to work for me. Please help

Thank You

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what type of font are you using? have you tried to use a different font? also, what size do you have the font at?

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I am using Arial font at size 15. What is a good font and size to use?

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hmm, thats a microsoft system font, it should be fine at any size from 9pts upward.

but just for testing purposes…try a different font (geneva or helvetica) and see if its still blurry. Maybe its corrupt?

also, are you on a mac or PC? as it is a microsoft font it can cause problems on some early macs…but newer macs should be fine.

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I am using a PC. It seems to be fine in Corel Draw but seems to cause problems in Photoshop and Fireworks. I will try another font.

Thanks

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no problems…also check that you have the whole family of arial in your fonts folder…

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try making the position of tyhe text an exact number for example in stead of the position being, 50.8 px make it 51 px, make it exact for both the x and the y axis.

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it doesnt matter what your text co-ordinates are in Photoshop or Fireworks,…that rule applies to flash. :slight_smile: