Titles look GREAT in FCP; lousy and pixellated upon Export

I've read a couple of threads that seem to be related...I don't believe that type size is my issue...my smallest size is 16 pixels. the video is 720 x 480 ntsc.
but my titles, set in Andale Mono, look perfectly crisp and well-rendered in FCP. I have rendered all clips and transitions.
I'm stumped. Any thoughts?
thank you!
r

The problem is not in your type (although 16 point is too small for TV).
If you open one of you quicktime movies in Quicktime Player and go to menu Window>Show Movie Inspector, you will see that your 720X480 movie is not being displayed in 720X480, it is crunched into 655 X 480 or something like that.
Hence the distorted image which is most easily seen in graphics.
Why quicktime does this I don't know for sure but I think it has something to so with the square/round pixel thing.
If you take one of you exported movies and import it back to FCP you will see the graphics look fine.
To deliver the movie in quicktime (for what ever reason you have), and make it look good, you should go through Compressor.
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