How do I anti-alias text?
I need to create buttons that don't look like crap, and the text has to be in the same position in every single button to facilitate mouse-over roll-overs.

I have no experience with graphics at all.

I've tried to create roll-over buttons but failed misirably with crappy looking fonts and have no idea how to fix it.

I've been using GIMP.

http://www.zombiefire.com

This is a good question for beginners, I'm glad you asked. I'm not too experienced with GIMP, so I did a little research for you.

There seems to be a plugin for this issue within GIMP. You can download it from the link below.

http://gimp-plug-ins.sourceforge.net...lias/home.php3

Also, there are many generators online that will design a button for you, right on a website, no image editing at all. Google search came up with this one for me.

http://www.mycoolbutton.com/

Just search until you find one that suits your needs. Good luck!

Why use images at all? It's a simple enough job to create the look of buttons with CSS properties.

Well, the buttons need to be a solid color with a certain angle of curved rounded edges. How would you specify that in CSS?

In addition, I'd need to encode a certain font onto the button, and, mistake me if I'm wrong, fonts are a user-side thing, meaning unless a user has a certain font, then it'd show plain.....

You are correct, it is not easy to force fonts in css.

Take a look at this site, and then customize within the css. -

http://www.cssmenus.co.uk/

Curves
http://www.cssplay.co.uk/boxes/curves.html
http://www.css3.info/preview/rounded-border/

Font embedding is getting much easier
http://webfonts.info/wiki/index.php?...rowser_support