Saving an Illustrator file as a jpg

I'm trying to save an Illustrator file as a jpg, but when I exported it, the image quality was so horrible. I created an alphabet and there was plenty of space in the margins on the artboard, but in the jpg image, some of the letters are cut off and the quality of the image as a whole is super fuzzy.

do you really need a jpg? a png would be more suited for text.
but anyway. what settings are you using in your export?
i don't know what to say other than maximize your settings. make sure you have enough resolution. do you have "use art boards" selected? what antialiasing setting are you using?
if you need a preview of what it's going on Save For Web instead so you can play wight he settings till you get what you need.

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I have indicated on the attached jpeg where the problem is, basically a line of text is missing at the top and part of the feeding diagram is missing. I created the artwork in different layer and then flattened. All text has been converted to outlines, however the areas being affected have no transparency, I have used solid fills or no fills. I get the same result when I export the file as a jpeg. Hope you can help.

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