I need to apply an embroidered look to dynamic text. Right now I am using a dropshadow filter on the text box with the following line of code:
var hexNum:Number = 0x990000;
var dropShadow:DropShadowFilter = new DropShadowFilter(0, 0, hexNum, 100, 2, 2, 1000, 3);
emb.filters = [dropShadow];
however, I can’t get it to look like the target embroidery that I am going for. The problem is the dropshadow class is rounding off some corners that a normal embroidery trim would not. I have also submitted my fla with a TFF in a zip (the font is important here, to install it look at the bottom of this post) and target picture for the embroidery. Notice on the top left corner of the B in the swf, the trim around it is rounded off. On the picture it is a perfect 90 degree corner. How can I fix this?
To install a TFF, put it in your system/fonts folder. On windows this is found under windows/fonts, once it is placed in there start up flash and you should now have Yearbook Solid as a font.
