make little text size

hey there, I've come up with this little problem with my text. When I want to make them really small (like 1pt or 2pt) it gets all blury and messed up...

I used fonts like the ones you can see here http://www.dsg4.com/04/extra/bitmap/index.html

But I can't get the same quality with really small size like you see in those examples... I've tried the sharp, smooth, strong, none, etc but no none gives a good quality.... -_-

any idea on that? thx in advance

1 pt or 2 pt? do you understand the concept of font size? a font will not be readable at 1 or 2 pixels. that would mean that each letter would only be 1 or 2 pixels high. that is impossible. those fonts you are looking at are best used from 6-10 font size, most of the time 8 is a good small size.

I know all that, but 1 pt isn't 1 pixel... if you look at the writtings on the buttons of this forum, you'll see that they are not at 6 or 8pt cause 6 or 8 is too big... they are probably at 2 pt maybe 3...

the thing is they look clean without any blur edge... to have that do I need to creat them by myself?

Different fonts will look different at the same sizes. Some fonts have large X heights which makes it easier to read even at small sizes. I have seen some fonts that look nearly twice as big next to another font even though they were both set at 10pt. Maybe try another font or something. Although I also doubt these where set at 2 or 3 points, that is a bit small. I just tried it in PS and its incredibly small on a 800x600 page. BTW, it is also bad to determine your font height by points when working for the web.

http://www.hut.fi/u/hsivonen/units.html

Originally posted by OnCleSAm
if you look at the writtings on the buttons of this forum, you'll see that they are not at 6 or 8pt cause 6 or 8 is too big... they are probably at 2 pt maybe 3...

These fonts are not 2 or 3 pt....

2-3pt is huge... :T

When you're using pixel fonts, it's best if you switch the font scale to pixels rather than points; that way you can specify an exact multiple of the default pixel size (popular size is 8px).

Set font-size to 8px, 100% height and no anti-aliasing.

I think he is confusing font size (value of 1-7, where 3 is the default browser size of around 12pt.)

Font size is different than point. Point is what you set in PS under the character size. or in any word doc. etc.

You can change your preferences in PS to set type in pixels rather then points. To me though, I can't think that way. Type is in points all the way.

oh s**t, my bad. i thought he said 1-2 pixels in the beginning. im'a loser...lol.

Dude

The reason why is because he's putting anti-aliasing, fewls.

When you are typing, there is a menu up top that has the following selections, "none, sharp, crisp, smooth, strong". That's anti-aliasing.

If you're making your font really really small, and it's blurring, chances are because you've anti-aliased. Take it off and it should be sharp.