(I deleted my last post so as to save space. I apologize profusely for all my idiotic questions!)
Ok, so the general consensus seemed to be that Photoshop is better than Paintshop for font. So, I downloaded a free trial of Photoshop and got to work.
Still having the same problem. The text is all black, no white in it. Here's what my latest attempt looks like:
I'm using font 10 pt, anti-alias sharp.
The 6 pt font one looks even weirder:
Yeah, so I'm clearly technologically impaired. Woez!