Tahoma text doesn't look smooth

I'm using the Tahoma font for my website's logo, and it doesn't look smooth, anti-a开发者_Python百科liased, like it does in my design on GIMP. Anyone know of ways to make HTML text look better, or am I going to have to just go with an image?

Also, could someone explain to me why text looks this way in HTML, and why it never seems like it looked this way on other peoples websites?

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Go with an image. You don't want your logo to look lousy.

But why does it look so bad for you? Assuming you're looking at your own design with the same setup (browser, OS) that you use for normal browsing, it's most likely that you just don't notice it for other sites. Your brain can do tricky things when you put on your designer/artist hat. I find that my normal web browsing mindset tends to be a lot more forgiving of things like pixelated text.