There are sharp and soft images, and there is also crisp and sharp text, so it is now time to look at text. What is the main difference between these two? When we say that the text is crisp, we mean that there is more anti-aliasing, in other words it has more grey pixels around the black text. The difference is shown when we zoom in to 400%. On the other hand, sharp mode is superior for small fonts because it makes each letter stronger.

There are four options in Photoshop to deal with text: sharp, crisp, strong, and smooth. Sharp and crisp have already been mentioned in the previous paragraphs. Strong is notorious for adding unnecessary weight to letter forms, and smooth looks closest to the untinted anti-aliasing, and it remains similar to the original.

The following screenshot displays crisp text:

Windows 10, high-dpi screen, 3200 x 1800 resolution, also known as WQXGA+, landscape view.

Another example of crisp text is the following:

High-dpi retina display on OS X, Safari, 2560 x 1600.