Sharp text for the web

I like to put some (small) text on a simple image to use it on the web, but the text looks blurry. I've tried all the anti-aliasing options, but none of them looks sharp. Pixelfonts do not seem to look any better.
Is there any way to make small text look sharp in Photoshop, or should I use Illustrator e.g.?
I'm just a beginner in PHotoshop and I have no clue how to solve this problem.
Thanks!
Marie-Elise

In CS3, if you are using Save for Web, leave the file with the text layer separate and you can specify Maximum Quality for text by clicking on the little icon next to the box and specifying a separate value for Text.
They seem to have got rid of it in CS4! (Or hidden it even better than that little dot!)

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