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"Compugraphic fonts and some types of postscript (I think) have "hinting" which are rules in the character descriptions of how to render the font in small sizes when the ideal thickness or placement of a line puts it off the pixel grid." These hinted fonts are completely useless in small sizes on the screen. The hinting process for say Adobe type 1 fonts is only efffective if you are on a decent sized grid. Rememebr that on a typical laser, even at 8 points, you have a FAR bigger grid than a screen. So the true type fonts in Windows look perfectly horrible in the small sizes. The only acceoptale approach if you are talking about small grids, e.g. 6 x 8 or 6 x 10, is bit mapped fonts designed as display fonts for these sizes.