# Masking Externally loaded CSS text (from.txt file)

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**Created:** [October 5, 2005, 1:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/masking-externally-loaded-css-text-from-txt-file/164852 "2005-10-05T13:58:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![cmart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@cmart](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/cmart)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2005, 1:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/masking-externally-loaded-css-text-from-txt-file/164852/1 "2005-10-05T13:58:41Z")

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Well, I know how to do it when using dynamic text and using setmask and embedding your fonts, but how do you do it when you are using a CSS font class with 3 diff. fonts and maybe even more?

There is no mention of how to use a mask over a dynamic textfield in the MX 2004 tutorial with externally loaded CSS .txt file, so hopefully someone knows how to do this? I am getting a blank text field, but it works when I delete the mask layer.

thx.