# Flipping text

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flipping-text/18049>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [April 12, 2003, 5:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flipping-text/18049 "2003-04-12T17:58:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![PSandhu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e495f1/32.png) [@PSandhu](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/PSandhu)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2003, 5:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flipping-text/18049/1 "2003-04-12T17:58:32Z")

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hey , want to create flipping text. text that flips into the page… or something similar. any ideas?

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:** [April 12, 2003, 9:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flipping-text/18049/2 "2003-04-12T21:30:13Z")

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You can make your text, select and convert it to a movieClip (F8), then it will react like any other movieClip. You can move it around, change the alpha, skew, strech, flip, whatever.

If that doesn’t do it, try swish:  
[http://www.swishzone.com/index.php?area=home&product=v2](http://www.swishzone.com/index.php?area=home&product=v2)

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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:** [April 13, 2003, 6:22am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flipping-text/18049/3 "2003-04-13T06:22:32Z")

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I think “wildformFx” has a really cheap text generator,

They have a ad on flashkit mainpage I believe