# Breaking apart text

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/breaking-apart-text/21834>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [May 27, 2003, 2:35am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/breaking-apart-text/21834 "2003-05-27T02:35:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![YoSHi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/aeb1de/32.png) [@YoSHi](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/YoSHi)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2003, 2:35am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/breaking-apart-text/21834/1 "2003-05-27T02:35:29Z")

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when i break apart text for some reason it keeps filling in letters, i.e. O’s become filled circles… This is happening with a few different fonts that i tried, including a pixel font i downloaded… Does anyone know how i can stop/avoid this?

Currently using standard text boxes, font size is multiples of 8, positioning is on whole numbers…

The fill appears after the second break apart.

Cheers

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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:** [May 27, 2003, 2:57am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/breaking-apart-text/21834/2 "2003-05-27T02:57:51Z")

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try making the font bigger (really big even). I think its a matter of approximation for Flash where at smaller sizes it tends to pay less attention in detail and you get artifacts such as that showing up.

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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:** [May 28, 2003, 4:25am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/breaking-apart-text/21834/3 "2003-05-28T04:25:47Z")

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how big? i tried 80 and it still did it ☹ plus i need the pixel fonts to be small heh