Re: [Gimp-user] high quality fonts

2001-04-29 Thread J.
if the fonts are on top of transparency, try using the semi-flatten filter BEFORE indexing. it makes the ofnts much cleaner usually. ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] high quality fonts

2001-04-25 Thread Mat Colton
Am Montag, 23. April 2001 13:49 schrieben Sie: > On Sun, Apr 22, 2001 at 09:08:33AM -0700, Jeff Trefftzs wrote: > > First, remember that the Gimp does images, not text. So your > > fonts are being rendered as images, not as vector text. You > > didn't say what form of Gimp output you are using:

Re: [Gimp-user] high quality fonts

2001-04-23 Thread Michael P. Soulier
On Sun, Apr 22, 2001 at 07:10:30PM +0200, Mat Colton wrote: > > I always do double sized images and scale then down, including the text. > Looks a lot better then. I got this tip from a Photoshop workshop, works > fine, especially for web design. I'll keep that in mind, thanks. Mike

Re: [Gimp-user] high quality fonts

2001-04-23 Thread Michael P. Soulier
On Sun, Apr 22, 2001 at 09:08:33AM -0700, Jeff Trefftzs wrote: > First, remember that the Gimp does images, not text. So your > fonts are being rendered as images, not as vector text. You > didn't say what form of Gimp output you are using: are you > saving the images as GIFs or jpegs? If G

Re: [Gimp-user] high quality fonts

2001-04-22 Thread Mat Colton
Am Sonntag, 22. April 2001 17:09 schrieben Sie: > Hey people. My wife is attempting to do web-design using the Gimp for > her graphics, and she's having some problems getting really good-looking > fonts to work for her. We installed xfstt for true-types, but they still > look fairly grainy. >

Re: [Gimp-user] high quality fonts

2001-04-22 Thread Jeff Trefftzs
First, remember that the Gimp does images, not text. So your fonts are being rendered as images, not as vector text. You didn't say what form of Gimp output you are using: are you saving the images as GIFs or jpegs? If GIFs, then you lose some quality when you convert to indexed - you may