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If you frequently have to complete this task then i suggest Photoshop is the only way, it includes a package called Image-Ready which is basically like Fireworks and allows you to optimise graphics for web deployment, very, very useful.<br />
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If you can't afford it look at Photoshop elements which is a fraction of the cost and i imagine it will support anti-aliasing functions of Photoshop but probably doesn't include Image Ready. People are always selling used version of Photoshop on ebay, although this isn't strictly correct as software is usually only lisenced to the orginal owner. <br />
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If you frequently have to complete this task then i suggest Photoshop is the only way, it includes a package called Image-Ready which is basically like Fireworks and allows you to optimise graphics for web deployment, very, very useful.

If you can't afford it look at Photoshop elements which is a fraction of the cost and i imagine it will support anti-aliasing functions of Photoshop but probably doesn't include Image Ready. People are always selling used version of Photoshop on ebay, although this isn't strictly correct as software is usually only lisenced to the orginal owner.

martin

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I frequently find the need to display headings and other small amounts of text as a GIF image on my website. I have used a demo of Fireworks MX 2004, which includes a menu to select how text is anti-aliased (strong, clear etc). I really like the way the text is rendered; much better than Corel PhotoPaint which is what I use to do my web graphics. I have heard that PhotoShop offers a similar feature.<br />
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I can't afford to fork out for either of these programs, so I am looking for an alternative. Any suggestions?
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I frequently find the need to display headings and other small amounts of text as a GIF image on my website. I have used a demo of Fireworks MX 2004, which includes a menu to select how text is anti-aliased (strong, clear etc). I really like the way the text is rendered; much better than Corel PhotoPaint which is what I use to do my web graphics. I have heard that PhotoShop offers a similar feature.

I can't afford to fork out for either of these programs, so I am looking for an alternative. Any suggestions?

Font anti-aliasing tool

A font is a particular size, weight and style of a typeface. Each font is a matched set of type, one piece (called a "sort") for each glyph, and a typeface consists of a range of fonts that share an overall design. With the advent of digital typography, font is frequently synonymous with typeface, although the two terms do not necessarily mean the same thing. In particular, the use of "vector" or "outline" fonts means that different sizes of a typeface can be dynamically generated from one design. Each style may still be in a separate "font file" -- for instance, the typeface "Futura" may include the fonts "Futura roman", "Futura italic", "Futura bold" and "Futura extended" —- but the term "font" might be applied either to one of these alone or to the whole typeface.