# Pixel Fonts

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pixel-fonts/21997>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [May 28, 2003, 11:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pixel-fonts/21997 "2003-05-28T23:44:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Daedelus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58956e/32.png) [@Daedelus](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Daedelus)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2003, 11:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pixel-fonts/21997/1 "2003-05-28T23:44:07Z")

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Hey kids… back from a short break and I have some questions regarding pixel fonts. I just picked some up finally so I can get the crispest text possible, but my text is still coming out blurry!

I only used it at 8pt, put the coordinates on whole numbers, and tried changing from static to dynamic, but they still come out blurry in the final product.

My only thought is that it’s because the text is held within movie clips and buttons, so while the relative X and Y are whole numbers, the absolute X and Y turn out not to be. I don’t know about that though, since all my buttons and clips are on whole numbers as well!

Any suggestions??

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**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:** [June 25, 2003, 10:23am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pixel-fonts/21997/2 "2003-06-25T10:23:03Z")

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try 8px instead of 8pt.

also i think your thoughts sound pretty good. that sounds about right. so it could b the prob.

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**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:** [June 25, 2003, 10:29am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pixel-fonts/21997/3 "2003-06-25T10:29:52Z")

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Note that if ur text is insede a button or movie clip, the button or the movie clip x an y coordinates should also be whole numbers.

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**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:** [June 25, 2003, 10:44am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pixel-fonts/21997/4 "2003-06-25T10:44:13Z")

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And if that doesn’t help: use the ol’ trusty trial and error. Nudge your fields \_x and \_y , test the movie and do it agian until it’s crisp. That’s what I did. And remember: if you found the good coördinates of your textfield, all the other ones in the same timmeline will have the same values after the dot. For exampleyou have a textfield thats situated at {\_x:44.5 , _y:103.8} , all the other texfields in that timeline (ie same mc) will have {_ x:??.5 , \_y:??.8} as their coördinates.

Hope it helps.

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**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:** [June 25, 2003, 11:02am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pixel-fonts/21997/5 "2003-06-25T11:02:51Z")

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search the forums too…