Working With Fonts - Just Starting...

Hello,
Hoping someone can point me in the right direction...
I'm having a hard time getting my fonts to look "crisp",  They always look grainy or as if the color is bleeding...For example if you go to adobe.com, the fonts dont look like they were drawn by someone with a shaky hand...
I am new to Fireworks so any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks all

Select the text and look in the Property Inspector. There is a drop down for Anti-Alias. Try those settings. No-anti alias will have rough looking edges

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