# Fade Text - One letter at a time **URL:** \ **Category:** flash\ **Created:** [June 16, 2003, 1:31am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fade-text-one-letter-at-a-time/23294 "2003-06-16T01:31:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AmyDor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3e96dc/32.png) [@AmyDor](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/AmyDor)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 1:31am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fade-text-one-letter-at-a-time/23294/1 "2003-06-16T01:31:15Z")
How can I fade in/out text one letter at a time. So, as letter is faded-in 25% the second letter starts to fade in? I guess a better way to explain it would beโ€ฆ a left to right text fade-in. :sigh: ---
**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:** [June 16, 2003, 1:35am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fade-text-one-letter-at-a-time/23294/2 "2003-06-16T01:35:22Z")
U could use a mask for datโ€ฆ or convert each letter to a symbol and animate them all. ---
**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:** [June 16, 2003, 1:37am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fade-text-one-letter-at-a-time/23294/3 "2003-06-16T01:37:09Z")
well youd need to do is per letter at a time. A mask would work for revealing, but for fading, youd need to do it with each letter individually since masks dont support alpha differentiation. ---
**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:** [June 16, 2003, 1:50am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fade-text-one-letter-at-a-time/23294/4 "2003-06-16T01:50:22Z")
hmm thx senocular, my mistake ๐Ÿ˜ ---
**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:** [June 16, 2003, 1:50am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fade-text-one-letter-at-a-time/23294/5 "2003-06-16T01:50:54Z")
Here is a fla. that I found. The only problem is the Kerning is unequal. How can this be fixed? :hangover: ---
**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:** [June 16, 2003, 1:55am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fade-text-one-letter-at-a-time/23294/6 "2003-06-16T01:55:25Z")
Can u tell me wat exactly u trying to do? ---
**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:** [June 16, 2003, 2:11am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fade-text-one-letter-at-a-time/23294/7 "2003-06-16T02:11:22Z")
Slowly fade-in the text one letter at a time, just like the fla. The only problem with the fla is the letter spacing is not equal for all letters. ---
**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:** [June 16, 2003, 2:18am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fade-text-one-letter-at-a-time/23294/8 "2003-06-16T02:18:58Z")
Well Amy, i tried with another type of font and look wat i got. No spacing between letters. ---
**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:** [June 16, 2003, 2:25am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fade-text-one-letter-at-a-time/23294/9 "2003-06-16T02:25:23Z")
How did you change the font? I think I know, but I want to confirm with an expert ---
**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:** [June 16, 2003, 2:30am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fade-text-one-letter-at-a-time/23294/10 "2003-06-16T02:30:37Z")
Well Amy, accordingly to the file u posted, u were using the font \*\* MagistralBlackC \*\* . I dunno how to explain dis, but sum fonts letter spacing r equal to all characters. I think it was the case of ur font. Think about an **i** and an **e**. Though the **i** is much more thin than the **e** , both use the same space. ---
**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:** [June 16, 2003, 2:31am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fade-text-one-letter-at-a-time/23294/11 "2003-06-16T02:31:33Z")
To change the font u simply click on the text field and select another font. ---
**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:** [June 16, 2003, 2:40am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fade-text-one-letter-at-a-time/23294/12 "2003-06-16T02:40:51Z")
OK, not what i thought. Could you repost the fla with the changes you made? ---
**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:** [June 16, 2003, 2:44am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fade-text-one-letter-at-a-time/23294/13 "2003-06-16T02:44:23Z")
Sure ๐Ÿ˜‰ I used the font attached. ---
**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:** [June 16, 2003, 2:58am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fade-text-one-letter-at-a-time/23294/14 "2003-06-16T02:58:00Z")
GREAT !!! THANKS!!! ---
**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:** [June 16, 2003, 2:59am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fade-text-one-letter-at-a-time/23294/15 "2003-06-16T02:59:24Z")
Woa iโ€™m glad I could help you ๐Ÿ˜‰