Fuzzy Fonts

When I try to use Borris for text in FCE, when the size gets too small, it gets fuzzy and is not sharp. I need to be able to make graphics for sports videos. Example:
Small picture of athlete inside a red box. The picture is on the left side, the font on the right. Joe Slama Jama, leads league in points. 2009 Rookie of the Year
How do the CG guys do it for the NBA and NFL? Are they just using better quality programs that are meant for HD tvs? None of my video is in HD, and is shot with a Sony MiniDV cheap-o $200 camera.
By the way, I LOVE THIS FORUM...it always gets my creative juices flowing when I read what others are doing.

So is the solution to buy a better quality camera? Perhaps a HD camera like you can buy at the big box stores? I was thinking of upgrading to either Flash drive or hard drive cameras that shoot in HD. They are around $500 each. I am very picky about my work and I can only afford what I can afford, but I want the most bang for my buck.
Back ground - I shoot for the local roller derby league, and the lower quality graphics are fine when you are watching at home with the team, and they know what is going on, but there is talk of having it aired on one of the local channels as a paid program. I use the cheaper cameras because I use 4 of them to cover the action (I am the only shooter) and when the rollergirls crash into one and it breaks, its cheap to replace.
I am also using a GoPro as the ref's helmet cam and the quality of that footage makes my current cameras look like crapola.

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Sorry if i sounded 'bother-some' :) I just cant help my self get into problems and solve them.( with computers that is) well you're not the only one who says it...when you mess with it a lot. it gives few issues but then you learn a lot. Maybe i should stop this 'abuse'
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Macbook pro 13' 2011 external diaplay fuzzy font

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I connected the mbp thru displayport-vga to my DELL SP2208WFP and the font of the applications on DELL monitor is fuzzy. I use native resolution for the monitor and also tried font smoothing through terminal commands but nothing works.
Similar problems I found here http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1111167
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orisinal wrote:
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- i 'place' them into Indesign.
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Oh no...
i see your point now.
That text is from the usual font folder.
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OK UPDATE: I GOT IT RIGHT NOW:
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But now i could edit the illustrator pdf 'arial' font; and when placed in indesign to export, it is not blurry anymore.
Never knew something like this can make such a big difference, thank you Bob!
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InDesign CS3 - PDF = fuzzy font, and random bold

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Andrea,
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