text within a gif file

[lee_wilson@adobeforums.com]

Hi people, I am creating buttons within Illustrator and then exporting via the save for web commad, the problem I am having is that my text is not as legible as it appears in Illustrator (when I preview it as a gif file) the change is very minor but still.

The settings I have used are

Helvetica Bold size 8 pt.

Save for Web:

Gif
Lossy 0
Selective
Colors 256
Diffussion
Dither 100%
Transparency checked
Web Snap 0%

Any help would be great.

Thanks

[Gary_Newman@adobeforums.com]

8-point type is pretty dang small to be using for the web. Make sure when you look at your type in Illustrator, you're doing it at 100%, since that's what you'll get for web use.

[lee_wilson@adobeforums.com]

Wanted to achieve text links similar to the ones found at the following site:

<http://www.designforfreedom.com/>

[Kurt_Gold@adobeforums.com]

Lee,

before saving for web apply the Rasterize effect to the text. In the option dialog box choose *Type Optimized* for Anti-aliasing. Now the type should look better when you save a gif.

Kurt Gold

[lee_wilson@adobeforums.com]

Thanks, all try that.

Lee