Creating Text - MACROMEDIA FLASH 8-USING FLASH Use Manual

Anti-aliasing is supported for static, dynamic, and input text if the user has Flash Player 7 or
later. It is supported only for static text if the user has an earlier version of Flash Player. See
"Choosing a font, point size, style, and color" on page
A new feature in Flash 8 is FlashType, an new text rendering engine that provides improved
anti-aliasing and readability of fonts. To learn more about FlashType, see
on page 159.
When using small text in a Flash document, keep in mind the following guidelines:
Sans serif text, such as Helvetica or Arial, appears clearer at small sizes than serif text.
Some type styles, such as bold and italic, can reduce text readability at small sizes.
In some cases, text appears somewhat smaller than text of the same point size in
other applications.
For more information on anti-aliasing text, see
on page 170.

Creating text

You can create three types of text fields: static, dynamic, and input. All text fields
support Unicode.
Static text fields display text that doesn't change characters dynamically.
Dynamic text fields display dynamically updating text, such as sports scores, stock quotes,
or weather reports.
Input text fields allow users to enter text in forms or surveys.
In Flash, you can create horizontal text (with a left-to-right flow) or static vertical text (with
either a right-to-left or left-to-right flow). By default, text is created with horizontal
orientation. You can select preferences to make vertical text the default orientation and to set
other options for vertical text.
You can also create scrolling text fields. For more information, see
on page 189.
To create text, you place text blocks on the Stage using the Text tool. When creating static
text, you can place text on a single line that expands as you type, or in a fixed-width block (for
horizontal text) or fixed-height block (for vertical text) that expands and wraps words
automatically. When creating dynamic or input text, you can place text on a single line, or
create a text block with a fixed width and height.
162 Working with Text
167.
"Setting anti-aliasing options for text"
"Creating scrolling text"
"About FlashType"