Fonts for iDVD

I am making a DVD for a company and I need to make end credits.
What is the best font to use so that the end credits compress well out of iDVD?
Also, is there a filter I should put on them as well?
Thank you for your help.
Best,
Evan Jacobs

Evan Jacobs,
My advice is large, san serif, reduced contrast fonts. Font details can break up when compressed, so larger sizes of Arial, Helvetica, etc. are good. Also, pure white, black, and red tend to bleed when the background has high contrast (eg, pure white on black). For a formal look, slightly off-white on black looks good to me.
John

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