# Masking text

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/masking-text/260507>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [May 16, 2008, 9:59am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/masking-text/260507 "2008-05-16T09:59:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Alber\_Kidd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e47c2d/32.png) [@Alber\_Kidd](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Alber_Kidd)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 9:59am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/masking-text/260507/1 "2008-05-16T09:59:35Z")

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I am trying to mask a textbox. The text does not show under the mask. Any idea how I can achive this?

Ross

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**Author:** ![adnan794](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8edcca/32.png) [@adnan794](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/adnan794)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 11:23am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/masking-text/260507/2 "2008-05-16T11:23:47Z")

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Have you embeded the text?

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**Author:** ![Alber\_Kidd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e47c2d/32.png) [@Alber\_Kidd](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Alber_Kidd)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 11:51am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/masking-text/260507/3 "2008-05-16T11:51:17Z")

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nope. altough that does work the textx was so large it was crashing my old laptop. however

mymovieclip\_mc.mask

works a treat.