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Doug, If Phil works with the technique in Grasp, then why doesn't he write a poco routine to utilize them in Ani Pro? I have a copy of Grasp but never really use it because it doesn't do anything that I need. I apologize for not digging out the program and researching before I replied. I was trying to present the fact that if Grasp did anti-alias text then it would have to use some method of sampling or a step procedure. TypeRight does use that technology. It seems like a virual impossibilty to "anti-alias" text without using some type of stepping procedure on a screen subpixel level. If Phil is combining Fonts then the text isn't antialiased at all. It's overlayed in some manner . I'd be interested in how a font combination takes account of background color. What if you want to antialias text over a image? How does this multiple font technology take into account the multiple colors of the background image? Anti-aliasing text is not hard to do but I've never seen it approached from that direction. If you wanted to antialias text why not simply write the code to actually do it? Does Phil's overlay technique allow for scaling of the fonts? I'd love to see an example of the implementation. I've spent years writing proprietary font code, and we specifically design fonts for a large number of Graphic software companies. You can antialias text in 8 bit, it just slows down the average program and limits the number of colors you can use elsewhere. Whether or not the Unzag Ink is great, it is performing an actual type of independent antialiasing by smooting the extremes of the stair case effects. It will work on any object by taking into account the object color and background color. Once again combining multiple fonts is not anti aliasing. Who actually creates these multiple fonts? How long does it take? Do they create full character sets? It usually takes me close to a month to properly lay out the design typography, calculate weight,kerning & leading, and digitally create a single font, and we run one of the fastest type foundries that I know of. If I had to create the font four times to get a single pseudo anti aliased font, I think I'd devote the time to write the antialiasing code. Paul