text seems terribly jagged

[Ann]

Hello
First time open Fireworkes MX pc. Resolution 300,
Type text in any font and it's terrible. Try the different Anti-Alias
option. But still it's jagged.
I can't see any information about it in Macromedia Website. So I probably
miss something.
Can any one tell me what is wrong? ( I tryed 3 different pc's)

--
Ann

[Sam Poikail]

You didn't miss a thing.

Nothing is wrong.... it's working the way it is supposed to. Most likely
the zoom is set for something other than 100%. Things are only supposed to
appear smooth/anti-aliased at 100% zoom. The fonts are being rasterized to
your screen. When you zoom in or out, you are essentially stepping behind
the wizard's curtain and through all the illusions (in that, this isn't
something that the end-user will normally see, accessibility tools like the
Screen Magnifer not withstanding).

The fonts aren't being re-rasterized so you are seeing the "magnified"
pixels including the transitional ones being used to anti-alias the fonts
and make them LOOK smooth on screen.

Are you trying to raise the resolution for print purposes? Do you own or
have you considering using something like Freehand which is more suited for
print media tasks?

If not have you tried printing out a test print at 300 dpi? Things will
always look better on the printer than the screen.

Cheers,
Sam

"Ann" <ayanov@walla.co.il> wrote in message
news:bgic2b$7ml$1@forums.macromedia.com...

> Hello
> First time open Fireworkes MX pc. Resolution 300,
> Type text in any font and it's terrible. Try the different Anti-Alias
> option. But still it's jagged.
> I can't see any information about it in Macromedia Website. So I probably
> miss something.
> Can any one tell me what is wrong? ( I tryed 3 different pc's)
>
>
>
> Ann
>
>

[Ann]

Hello
First time open Fireworkes MX pc. Resolution 300,
Type text in any font and it's terrible. Try the different Anti-Alias
option. But still it's jagged.
I can't see any information about it in Macromedia Website. So I probably
miss something.
Can any one tell me what is wrong? ( I tryed 3 different pc's)



Ann

[Ann]

--
You right. It's happens when I'm zooming. I use Freehand also. Fireworks
for Html. I thought Fireworks will behave like Freehand with fonts.
Thank you.

"Sam Poikail" <indigo_wolf@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:bgifr3$cp7$1@forums.macromedia.com...

> You didn't miss a thing.
>
> Nothing is wrong.... it's working the way it is supposed to. Most likely
> the zoom is set for something other than 100%. Things are only supposed to
> appear smooth/anti-aliased at 100% zoom. The fonts are being rasterized

to

> your screen. When you zoom in or out, you are essentially stepping behind
> the wizard's curtain and through all the illusions (in that, this isn't
> something that the end-user will normally see, accessibility tools like

the

> Screen Magnifer not withstanding).
>
> The fonts aren't being re-rasterized so you are seeing the "magnified"
> pixels including the transitional ones being used to anti-alias the fonts
> and make them LOOK smooth on screen.
>
> Are you trying to raise the resolution for print purposes? Do you own or
> have you considering using something like Freehand which is more suited

for

> print media tasks?
>
> If not have you tried printing out a test print at 300 dpi? Things will
> always look better on the printer than the screen.
>
> Cheers,
> Sam
>