Major Problem with Text

Okay...everytime i try to make an icon with scripty text, it ALWAYS looks blurry and/or hard to see. If i take off Anti alias it looks all nasty. It happens in both PSP 7 and PS for me. I dont know whats wrong but its really pissing me off because it limits my font choices greatly.

Any help on this would be much appreciated as it is driving me NUTS! =)

Thanks,
~Sadako