# I hate text in flash

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-hate-text-in-flash/242296>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [October 24, 2007, 3:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-hate-text-in-flash/242296 "2007-10-24T15:14:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dan0](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dan0](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Dan0)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2007, 3:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-hate-text-in-flash/242296/1 "2007-10-24T15:14:27Z")

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Hey,  
Don’t get me wrong I love flash. It is doing everything I want beautifully, but ever since actionscript 2.0 has been around I loath using text in flash.  
I had the same problem as I am having in the first versions of AS2 but Im making this in AS3!

Ok so apart from struggling with the randomostiy of flash text rendering I finally got it acting how I wanted (just by flipping every switch till it worked).

So I need some HTML text because I want to include hyperlinks and text colour changes WITH text that has been loaded externally. Currently I have the problem that the hitbox around the hyperlinked text is far below the actual visual line of text.

The only work around I can think of is by creating some script that makes an invisible button over the exact text, but this is going to be a nightmare to do! The main source of the problem I suspect lies within the font itself as it is a custom font I made but probably did not compile properly. I do not know if other people have similar problems as this but its ■■■■ annoying as everything else works brilliantly.

EDIT: I just tried this with a non-embeded Aerial font and I have the same problem.

Thanks for reading/helping,  
Dan