# Font clarity
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/font-clarity/13816
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [February 18, 2003, 4:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/font-clarity/13816 "2003-02-18T16:25:45Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@snakekiller](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/snakekiller)
#### Post date: [February 18, 2003, 4:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/font-clarity/13816/1 "2003-02-18T16:25:45Z")
Why dosen’t dynamic text show when it’s masked?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 18, 2003, 4:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/font-clarity/13816/2 "2003-02-18T16:36:47Z")
embed the font 🙂
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 18, 2003, 4:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/font-clarity/13816/3 "2003-02-18T16:50:47Z")
Ok, problem solved, however text doesn’t appear any sharper.
I’m referring to the tut on sharp text(here on kirupa), where it says set the font size to 10 and text to dynamic.
I’m guessing that it’s just a flash quirk to have somewhat blurry text when not setting as “device fonts”.
All the text is on a whole number x and y, still not as clear as setting “device fonts”.
…and I refuse to pay over at [fontsforflash.com](http://fontsforflash.com)
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 18, 2003, 5:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/font-clarity/13816/4 "2003-02-18T17:08:51Z")
> …and I refuse to pay over at [fontsforflash.com](http://fontsforflash.com)
:sigh:
unfortunately … embed the font or don’t use masks