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Antialias text and printing

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  • 08-06-2005 12:14pm
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    mordeith
    Registered Users Posts: 5,278 ✭✭✭


    Hey there.
    I was wondering if someone might have the solution to this problem. I'm trying to design a poster and so far all is good. I have text over a nice background and I have applied antialias to make the text smoother. It looks fine on screen but when I print it out the text is kinda fuzzy. The thing is the last poster I did, the antalias worked perfect and the text was really sharp and smooth!
    Any ideas appraciated.


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    RobertFoster
    Registered Users Posts: 9,192 ✭✭✭RobertFoster


    You need to increase the DPI (dots per inch) to 300 (default is 72) to get text looking decent on print-outs.


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    mordeith
    Registered Users Posts: 5,278 ✭✭✭mordeith


    Nice one. I'll try that.

    PS: Do you have any ideas regarding raster Vs vector printing. I think they are the right terms. I saw it mentioned in a few places.


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    heggie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,879 ✭✭✭heggie


    you should NEVER antialias text for print, thats just crazy! its designed for screen viewing, and printing it will look fairly crap (if your getting it properly printed)


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