Original jpgs for mouseovers. Image sizes are unequal causing image shifts on mouseover


152x44 (5821 bytes, millions of colors)


165x42 (5948 bytes, millions of colors)



Redone as reduced color palette gifs. Image sizes are equal


152x44 (477 bytes) (4 bit (16 color) gif,  text not anti-aliased)


152x44 (465 bytes) (4 bit gif, text not anti-aliased)

anti aliasing gives the perception of roundness to text built out of square pixels but produces larger file sizes