Hi,

I created a logo and uploaded to a web page, as you can see by the attached image "HIRED", the lettering/text doesn't look clear. It is Arial 11 on a transparent background. Gimp 2.8

The link to the home page "Home" is attached. it is not part of the logo, but looks much clearer on the web page.

Is there something I can do to help make the logo text sharper/clearer?

Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks for your replies.
I'm trying to make the text, in the layer in question, clearer, but when I pull up the .xcf and select the text layer, the horizontal dialog box pops up, and I don't see how to apply anti-alias with this box. But, I also pulled up the "Tools Options" (see attached image), and I see where to uncheck anti-alias, but I don't see how that effects the selected layer, because it seems the horizontal dialog box dominates here.

Also, it was mentioned about dpi, how/where can I improve dpi with gimp?

Lastly, upon exporting the image, there seems to several choices (see attached image) what would be best?

I look forward to your reply Much thanks

It may be my eye, but the word Home looks to be a tiny bit larger than the
word Hired. Is the type the same size? Try making Hired 1 pt bigger.

You might also try widening the kerning (spacing) between the letters in
HIRED. There are a lot of close together verticals in HIRED compared to
Home.

HIRED is all Caps while Home is U/lc (Upper and lower case). Should they
not be the same?

Try also making small pixel words at 600 to 1200 dpi.

Good luck.

Rick S

-----Original Message----- From: chrisj
Sent: Friday, August 04, 2017 5:50 PM To: gimp-user-list@gnome.org
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Subject: [Gimp-user] Why is lettering not clearer?

Hi,

I created a logo and uploaded to a web page, as you can see by the attached
image "HIRED", the lettering/text doesn't look clear. It is Arial 11 on a
transparent background.
Gimp 2.8

The link to the home page "Home" is attached. it is not part of the logo,
but
looks much clearer on the web page.

Is there something I can do to help make the logo text sharper/clearer?

Any help will be appreciated.

Attachments: * http://www.gimpusers.com/system/attachments/642/original/hired.png * http://www.gimpusers.com/system/attachments/643/original/Home.png

Thanks for your replies.
I'm trying to make the text, in the layer in question, clearer, but when I pull up the .xcf and select the text layer, the horizontal dialog box pops up, and I don't see how to apply anti-alias with this box. But, I also pulled up the "Tools Options" (see attached image), and I see where to uncheck anti-alias, but I don't see how that effects the selected layer, because it seems the horizontal dialog box dominates here.

Also, it was mentioned about dpi, how/where can I improve dpi with gimp?

Lastly, upon exporting the image, there seems to several choices (see attached image) what would be best?

I look forward to your reply Much thanks

here are the attachments