Acheiving very smooth edges on font?

Discussion in 'HTML & Website Design' started by kelp, Jun 25, 2006.

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    How would you obtain a very smooth egde around some font? I'm thinking that it has to do with javascript, but I'm not really sure how to go about it.

    Look at the following website:
    http://www.alexallied.com/

    Do you see how the header font is so smooth? How would I achieve this?
     
    kelp, Jun 25, 2006 IP
  2. sgtsloth

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    They're using Flash for their header titles.

    The technique is called sIFR and you can read about it here.

    ian :)
     
    sgtsloth, Jun 25, 2006 IP
  3. FeelLikeANut

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    If the headings are plain text, then font smoothing is up to each computer's graphic capability and settings. You would have to create an image of your text in a graphic editor (Photoshop, Fireworks, Gimp, etc.). Flash is another way to create pseudo-graphical text. It's quality can still be subject to each computer, however.
     
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  4. kelp

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    I'd prefer it not to be an image, because this would be the font on all headers. When I submit a new post, I'd like it so I could just set a class or function to the header tag so it could be "smoother". An image would be very hard to implement into a layout.
     
    kelp, Jun 25, 2006 IP
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    Seems like a nice Wordpress 2.0 theme too! I'm thinking of stealing that theme, LOL!
     
    my44, Jun 26, 2006 IP