# Pixel fonts -AGAIN! **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [October 29, 2003, 8:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pixel-fonts-again/34208 "2003-10-29T20:12:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mucho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/edb3f5/32.png) [@mucho](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mucho)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2003, 8:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pixel-fonts-again/34208/1 "2003-10-29T20:12:19Z")
so I have a menu with some tex (pixel fonts) with a screen res of 96 dpi (WIn XP) they look crap of course… then I changed the res back to 72dpi, turned off Antialias text and rendered! AND they still look like crap!! especially the "D"s… ideas, thoughts?? m. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2003, 8:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pixel-fonts-again/34208/2 "2003-10-29T20:15:29Z")
what you have is not a true pixel font, but what’s called a bitmap font instead. It’s not meant to be used in flash, but in photoshop and other graphic programs. here’s a good start at some true flash fonts – [http://www.orgdot.com/aliasfonts/](http://www.orgdot.com/aliasfonts/) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2003, 8:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pixel-fonts-again/34208/3 "2003-10-29T20:33:50Z")
ahhh…intersting…I thought there wasn’t a differnce…but! anyways…thanks and I’ll guess I’ll change that! m ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2003, 8:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pixel-fonts-again/34208/4 "2003-10-29T20:56:20Z")
> \*Originally posted by UNFLUX \* > \*\*what you have is not a true pixel font, but what’s called a bitmap > font instead. It’s not meant to be used in flash, but in photoshop > and other graphic programs. here’s a good start at some true flash fonts – [Index of /aliasfonts](http://www.orgdot.com/aliasfonts/) \*\* Slight correction: The difference between a Photoshop and a Flash pixel font isn’t whether it is bitmap or not (well that I have noticed), the difference is that Flash will anti-alias anything that doesn’t fall on exact pixels, but Photoshop has the text property to turn off anti-aliasing no matter what. So a Photoshop pixel font doesn’t always have to fall on exact pixels, but a Flash pixel font does. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2003, 9:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pixel-fonts-again/34208/5 "2003-10-29T21:10:03Z")
well…of course I’m setting them NOT on a fraction…I though there would be a direct difference between bitmap and pixel fonts?! so, is there?! anyways…I’m unsing butdust 2, so if anyone has an idea of how I can substite this one against one that actually works, I’d be very thankful! m. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2003, 10:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pixel-fonts-again/34208/6 "2003-10-29T22:56:08Z")
Well whether or not you set them not on a fraction, if the font itself is built on fraction it doesn’t really matter :-\ The only way to use a pixel font in flash and have it be clear is to use a pixel font that is specially created to work on exact pixels. You can get these fonts from places like [www.miniml.com](http://www.miniml.com) [www.fontsforflash.com](http://www.fontsforflash.com) [www.orgdot.com/aliasfonts](http://www.orgdot.com/aliasfonts) [http://www.vectorize.de/](http://www.vectorize.de/) [http://www.superlooper.de/](http://www.superlooper.de/) > **[Zeh Fernando](http://zehfernando.com/)** > > Personal website for Zeh Fernando, front-end developer. Articles about programming in HTML/JavaScript/TypeScript, Android/Java, Unity/C#, and more. [http://www.alphaomegadigital.com/flash\_fonts.asp](http://www.alphaomegadigital.com/flash_fonts.asp) [size=1]Note: links taken from the great list of useful tutorials and resources [http://www.kirupaforum.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=13133[/size]](http://www.kirupaforum.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=13133%5B/size%5D) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2003, 1:27am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pixel-fonts-again/34208/7 "2003-10-30T01:27:55Z")
thanks for the infos… very useful stuff! later, m.