# Animating dynamic text?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/animating-dynamic-text/6784>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [October 16, 2002, 2:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/animating-dynamic-text/6784 "2002-10-16T14:31:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![procrasturbate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/839c29/32.png) [@procrasturbate](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/procrasturbate)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2002, 2:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/animating-dynamic-text/6784/1 "2002-10-16T14:31:21Z")

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Hey there.  
I was wondering if there is any way to animate text that has been aquired during runtime (ie. inputted in a text box, read from a file, etc.). I’ve seen this done in Flash 5, but I can’t for the life of me figure out how to do it Flash MX…

So far, my best idea of having a dynamic text field inside a movie clip, and animating/putting effects on that clip has failed miserably.

Is there perhaps a way to change text of static text fields at runtime (but that would make the static fields contradictory wouldn’t it?).  
Also, is there any way to anti-alias and animate dynamic text? I will be using large font sizes and I’m forced to use Times New Roman, so it looks HORRIBLE without a/a.

Thanks in advance. 🙂

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2002, 2:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/animating-dynamic-text/6784/2 "2002-10-16T14:38:56Z")

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Embed your fonts and check the tutorial on this site. It’s for Flash 5 but I’m fairly certain it will work exactly the same with MX.

pom 🙂

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2002, 7:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/animating-dynamic-text/6784/3 "2002-10-16T19:14:15Z")

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Ooh thanks! And such a quick reply too! 🙂  
Took me a while to find the right tutorial, but it turned out to be very helpful! Thanks again!