> I think this is a consequence of trying to position
> each glyph at the 
> closest point its projection
> on to the theoretical baseline on a relatively
> low-res device.
Indeed. I get very nicely rendered characters with odd looking positions.

> printer resolutions. Whilst rotating an image would
> help the baseline I 
> don't think you'd be
> happy with the appearance of the glyphs.
True. I wrote a little test program and the glyph quality is worse. Overall the 
effect is a little better, at least to my eyes. I was going to try it with a 
higher resolution image, but will instead try ...

> Your best option for quality is likely to get the
> outline of the text 
Thanks very much I will try that approach.

Mark
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