Fuzzy Text in Photoshop CS5

[stephanieh46748579]

How can I make my text appear clear in Photoshop CS5? It appears pixilated and very fuzzy, even though I have specified for the characters to appear smooth. I also have deselected the anti-aliasing box. Please give me some options on what to try in order to make the text clear and crisp. Also, even though I have had Photoshop for a while, I have forgotten much of the program, so please explain this with it easy to understand. Also, the same thing is happening in Indesign. Thank you.

[stephanieh46748579]

I have real a lot about changing the pixels, but I am not very familiar with what that means. I thought the number of pixels mainly effected the overall size of the item.

[Michael J. Hoffman]

The size of the image in pixels, if it is too small, could contribute to pixelated text. What is your image size in pixels (Image > Image Size)? What font size are you using?

Mike

[stephanieh46748579]

The image size is 400 x 150 pixels and the font size is 36.

[Peru Bob]

stephanieh46748579 wrote:

The image size is 400 x 150 pixels and the font size is 36.

That's a very low resolution image, thus text will be low resolution.

Try a different font and see if it's better.

[Michael J. Hoffman]

Not only low resolution, but a rather large sized font for that resolution. You'd have better results with a smaller point size, I think.

Mike

[Trevor.Dennis · Accepted solution]

This shows the same line of text at 36 pixels zoomed to 200%.  The first is with aa set to None and the second aa is set to Sharp

[roberts37488767]

how did you zoom to 200%