| URGENT | Need help making text more legible

Hi everyone I got a client breathing down my neck so I will get right to the
point. I have a video that I’m building and it’s for a kiosk there is a lot of
text in the video and I need to find ways to make the text more legible I have
read up and it looks like I’m trying to De-interlace the comps text parts (or
maybe the whole thing as a pre-comp) so it appears more clear. Also when I’m
rendering I’m looking for a method that will give the best text legibility. I’m
more used to working with flash and web motion graphics so plz assume you’re
talking to a AE novice, thx soooooo much for your help in advance.

Mmh, depends on the colors and typeface - as usual - but that's not what you
wanna hear, I know. The actual qulaity is of course dependent on the resolution
(HD or plain NTSC?) as well as the compression. Some proven "dirty
tricks" are all kinds of glows/drop shadows. They don't need to be
excessive, but help to add contrast by making the area around the text darker or
brighter. If you are outputting to interlaced devices, you will often need to ad
a tiny bit of vertical blur to distribute pixels more evenly across the fields.
Definitely make sure to check for broadcast-safe colors as anything out of range
will look rather rubbish and lead to edge aliasing or erosion. In particular
bright, clear colors are prone to "blowing out". Beyond that, just
don't be afraid. There's always a solution, whether it's slightly shifting the
color, experimenting with blendmodes or applying some effect to break up
monolithic structures...