Font problems

Hey everyone,
Just wondering if anyone could give me some clarification on some font questions that I have. I seem to be really struggling getting fonts that are under 10 pt. to look good. All the tutorials that I have read said that the best way to make it look good was use a device font (to keep file size down). When using _sans at 8 pt. my text looks horrible. I’m also confused on the properties of the static text inspector. When in static mode, and I use the _sans font, do I still need to click the “use device fonts” checkbox or is it still using the user’s device font? Also, what seems really weird it that the file size stays really small and doesn’t change if I have this button clicked or not, unless I click the selectable box. Why is this?

Please help, this kind of stuff drives me nuts!

-Brock

use “pixel” fonts . . . search this forum (not site check, though) and look for pixel fonts, you set’em at 8 pts and on whole numbers with the property inspector and they’ll look crystal clear