Re: FLASH: Please help

[Marc Hoffman (Dart Frog Media)]

At 01:33 PM 7/15/99 -0400, you wrote:

>>I need to move around a word (company name) so that each character will

>>come-in in different directions and rotating individually.. what is the best

>>way to achieve this... thanks.

>

>2- Break apart you're word and make each letter a symbole

>


Although this will work it is inefficient. Once a word is broken up, the

letters become shapes and you have lost the advantage of Flash remembering

the font shape. This will increase file size, something we never want to do

in Flash if we can help it. If you follow my procedure, it is essentially

like Yann's but preserves the font nature of the symbol being tweened.


When using text, Flash stores only once the outline of every letter used.

If you use multiple fonts, bold, or italics, Flash will store outline

information for every variation. Select your fonts carefully so you can use

as few variations as possible, and do not break letters apart if they will

be used more than one time. (This does not apply when you must break apart

a letter to apply special effects such as gradient fills, outline effects,

or complex distortions).


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