Error with Fonts

I hate to be the one to ask this, especially since I know that this issue has already been addressed and answered, but I haven't been able to find that entry even though I've checked the memories. Anyway, for whatever reason lately whenever I use PSP7 for text, the text comes out bold (even though bold isn't selected and I'm not using a fill color) and grainy (even though both anti-alias and floating are checked). Of course the fonts look alright when they are on sizes 36 to 72, but as for the smaller ones, they're practically ineligable. And, recently my Photoshop 7 has started to do the same thing, except instead of the small text being grainy, it's the larger text. I don't understand why this is happening and I would really appreciate the help. Thanks in advance.