Fonts don't look like preview

Fireworks 8 -- PC
My text looks very unclear after export. However, they look
great in the 4-up preview windows in any of the export formats.
This is with a wide variety of fonts (including basics like
Ariel, Verdana, etc.) and with or without bold, italics, etc. My
font sizes are in the 16 to 30 size range. It also doesn't seem to
matter which anti-alias setting I use.
If I go all the way to 96 font size with anti-alias, then I
can get clear fonts.
This has happened with every graphic I have created since
buying this application about 1 month ago. For most of that time, I
thought it was either just part of the deal or I didn't know how to
tweak the settings. Then I realized that they looked great in the
preview window with various export formats, so it must be something
else.

Are you viewing the previews at 100%? As Alex said you can
also set
Selective Quality for jpegs, which can help preserve text
quality.
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Andy -- Chicago wrote:
> Fireworks 8 -- PC
>
> My text looks very unclear after export. However, they
look great in the 4-up
> preview windows in any of the export formats.
>
> This is with a wide variety of fonts (including basics
like Ariel, Verdana,
> etc.) and with or without bold, italics, etc. My font
sizes are in the 16 to
> 30 size range. It also doesn't seem to matter which
anti-alias setting I use.
>
> If I go all the way to 96 font size with anti-alias,
then I can get clear
> fonts.
>
> This has happened with every graphic I have created
since buying this
> application about 1 month ago. For most of that time, I
thought it was either
> just part of the deal or I didn't know how to tweak the
settings. Then I
> realized that they looked great in the preview window
with various export
> formats, so it must be something else.
>
>
>

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