Re: FLASH: Text scrolling

[Dorian Nisinson]

	I seem to be missing the beginnings of this thread, but why do you

recommend breaking apart type? This increases the file size by

circumventing one of Flash's real strengths. Type (unbroken apart) is a

special kind of symbol within Flash. If you use a font in Flash it is

not necessary for the viewer of the flash swf file to have that font on

their machine. Flash saves the outlines of the letters you use from a

particular font and uses the outlines it saves when ever you place

another instance of that letter in that font. When it exports the swf

movie the outlines are included.

	Sometimes it is a good idea to make symbols of a block of type or a

particular word, but you do not have to break apart the font to do that. 

	If you are talking about using the 3 special fonts that Flash 4

installs (_serif, _sans, and _typewriter) then those are there for the

purpose of using a comparable font on the viewer's machine and should

not be used unless that is what you intend to have happen. An example of

why you would use those fonts would be for movies with a lot of text to

be displayed at smaller point size where Flash's normal antialiasing can

reduce readability at small sizes.

	Generally, it is a bad idea to break fonts apart unless you absolutely

must in order to reshape or animate the letters beyond the usual scaling

moving or rotating.


Dorian 


Sam Rhee wrote:

> 

> > > I used just text and it seems to function ok, what would turning it

> > > into a symbol do.

> 

> There are several major issues to deal with if you are NOT turning text

> into symbols, the main one being if you are using a non-standard font or

> a font that the end-user does not have, it simply won't show up on his

> screen in many cases.

> 

> Also, after you convert a word into a symbol, it is good practice to

> break it apart and regroup it.

> 


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