How to draw good quality text?

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WendellM

Sure - I've put one of Ray Larabie's fonts here.

If you download it and save it as bullpen.ttf, and save the following code in the same folder and run it:

Graphics 800,600
SetBlend ALPHABLEND

Font_Head1:TImagefont = LoadImageFont( "bullpen.ttf", 21, SMOOTHFONT )
If Font_Head1 = Null Then Notify "Font not loaded"

SetImageFont Font_Head1
DrawText "HELLO WORLD", 0, 0

Flip
WaitKey

Then you should see this:

I've also put a compiled version and the font together as a Moleboxed app here if you want to try that.