# \[MX\] dynamic text transparency

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mx-dynamic-text-transparency/21755>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [May 26, 2003, 2:59am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mx-dynamic-text-transparency/21755 "2003-05-26T02:59:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![meisje](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/edb3f5/32.png) [@meisje](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/meisje)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2003, 2:59am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mx-dynamic-text-transparency/21755/1 "2003-05-26T02:59:13Z")

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ok i searched to forums and found the following thread:

[http://www.kirupaforum.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=5357](http://www.kirupaforum.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=5357)

in which Iammontoya says:  
"to make Dynamic text fade, it must be part on an mc and you MUST embed the font outlines. then, it will work all day, and twice on Sunday. "

🙂 and it does seem to work for the poster

i tried this by just setting the movieclip (with the dynamic text in it) to an alpha value of 30% but when i output the movie, nothing shows up…

ONLY when i slect “No Characters” in the character options of the dynamic text dialog (which is the default setting anyway) then text shows up but always 100% opague, when i select any of the other options to include characters, strangely nothing shows up…

any thoughts?

tia, meisje

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2003, 4:23am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mx-dynamic-text-transparency/21755/2 "2003-05-26T04:23:56Z")

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hm…can you provide us with an FLA?

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2003, 4:47am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mx-dynamic-text-transparency/21755/3 "2003-05-26T04:47:28Z")

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hi thor,

i was stripping the file for upload and noticed… the font i had selected for the dynamic text was FUTURA, to make sure the issue would occur to you too i selected another more common font, the ARIAL, guess what… it now works with ARIAL where it won’t with FUTURA

thanks for responding anyway 🙂

or if you know why it won’t work with some fonts then please let me know

thanks, meisje

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2003, 9:51am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mx-dynamic-text-transparency/21755/4 "2003-05-27T09:51:03Z")

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seems if i want to use postscript fonts for dynamic text nothing happens in the exported movie, only when i use truetype fonts things work out… (today)