Re: FLASH: Small fonts

[David Wallach]

Don�t work so hard, set the font in flash, break it apart, shrink it to

desired pixel size and export it as eps.. Voila!


There are a number of fonts in the Font Pavillion series cds that are Tiny,

look also at the IDTC winner series, as they have some groovy small

selections as well.


> Hi all,

> 

> Slightly OT, but here it goes...

> 

> I'm looking for a tiny little font that would be clear and legible at 5 or 6

> point size, while having anti-aliasing off on it in Photoshop.  Something

> like Verdana 5pt BOLD would work great, BUT, here's the problem - creating

> "buttons" with this font in Photoshop produces text so tiny and so

> claustrophobically compact that you can't even make out the letters at that

> size.  However, if you use CSS and specify 5pt font size, it looks great in

> the browser - other than the font is aliased.  I tried using this method and

> doing screen captures and using that in Photoshop, but I really do not like

> the aliasing of the font at all.

> 

> I have seen some tiny fonts mentioned here a while ago, I believe, but have

> not been able to find anything that would look good (ie: clear, readable,

> without squinting or guesswork) at this small size.  Suggestions?

> 

> Thanks!

> 

> Remik

> 

> 

> 

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