Transparent Gifs and Text

by "Doug Dossett" <hwg(at)miscsites.com>

Date:	Fri, 18 Jan 2002 09:42:38 -0800
To:	hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org
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Hello all:

I'm working on a new site that has various graphical text elements to it.  I'm making the text 
graphics in Photoshop 6.  In Photoshop they look nice and smooth, just like I want them.  
However, when I save them as transparent gifs either through save for web or the 
transparent gif wizard thing, the text comes out all jagged.  I've tried every option I can think 
of to try and get this to come out smooth, but no luck.  I've also tried the same in Illustrator, 
with the same results.  

Is it just not possible to have smooth text in a transparent gif (I find this hard to believe)?  Is 
there something I'm missing?  Is there some graphic wiz out there that can give me some 
pointers?

Thanks much, 

Doug Dossett
MiscSites.com

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