If transparency isn't an issue, the choice between GIF and JPG should be based solely on which will produce the better result for this particular image. Even with images containing text. I conducted an experiment with an image that contains an artistic image and some text. Some browser programs aren't able to display TIFF images, so I can't show you to the TIFF on this page. TIFFs are clear and precise, but they're also large.
TIFFs are often the starting point from which GIFs and JPGs are made, though.
You can do that by selecting this link . The file is 177,000 bytes. If you download the file, you'll see that the text at the left is sharp. Now let's take a look at this image in GIF and JPG formats. Enter the JPEG Optimizer Most Web site designers would choose GIF for this image because of the text.