"flickering" text-only buttons

Sorry for posting this answer twice, but on first occasion I posted in an old thread and nobody responded.
I've made a dvd menu with red text-only buttons, changing to white when selected and changing red again when activated.
In simulator modus this looks great. But when showed on a CRT monitor the buttons "flicker" and don't look crisp.
Is this due to the font? or is it the position of the buttons with regard to the image lines of the CRT?
Hopefully someone knows the origin and can tell me how to tackle the problem.
( I work with DVDSP 3)

Don't use small (below 20 pt. or so, I usually stay over 22) / thin fonts. The flicker comes from interlacing so the smaller the graphic / thinner the line, the more noticeable it will be.

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