# Drawing Text in AS3

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/drawing-text-in-as3/308075>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [April 16, 2010, 7:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/drawing-text-in-as3/308075 "2010-04-16T19:15:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![dpdragnev](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9f8e36/32.png) [@dpdragnev](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dpdragnev)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 7:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/drawing-text-in-as3/308075/1 "2010-04-16T19:15:18Z")

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Hi,

I have a class that subclasses Sprite . In this class I draw some graphics on the stage. What are my options for drawing text? I am aware that I can use TextField, but I would rather draw the text directly. I come from .NET and there the graphics object allows you to draw text directly on the canvas. Is there a similar feature in AS3?

Since I just want to display some simple text (I am drawing a matrix 5x5 with one letter in each square), using a class like TextField might be an overkill. Also, drawing directly should be much faster (at least in .NET).

Thank you,  
Daniel