# Pixel font query

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pixel-font-query/168775>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [November 9, 2005, 10:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pixel-font-query/168775 "2005-11-09T22:47:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![rohan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f19dbf/32.png) [@rohan](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/rohan)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2005, 10:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pixel-font-query/168775/1 "2005-11-09T22:47:30Z")

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Hi all, just a quick thought about pixel fonts. I designed my site using pixel fonts not knowing that the only size which they look crisp at when embedded in the file is 8 point (i used many at 6 point dynamic and because I had them installed they looked fine). Of course, this has given me a lot of grief in terms of choosing newer, smaller fonts to work with. But what I don’t understand is that HOW can they look crisp at 6 point if you have the fonts installed and then suddenly look so terrible? Is there no way to recreate this crisp text in smaller sizes? I have tried breaking the text apart then snapping vectors over the top and this looked much better than static text but still lost that beautiful crisp look. Any thoughts?