Pixel font blur in Flash (any version)

programming flash
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Hey guys!

I’ve a question to ask you, so if anyone knows the answer to this one, please reply! This is kind of urgent…

In Flash, if i try to use pixel fonts they tend to become blurry…no matter what I do, i can’t seem to get past this problem. Can anyone tell me what to do to get rid of that nasty blurry effect? (see the attached swf)

Thanks!

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Have you tried searching the forums?
Heres a list of threads for you to enjoy: http://www.kirupaforum.com/forums/search.php?s=&action=showresults&searchid=247733&sortby=lastpost&sortorder=descending

And welcome to the forums :slight_smile:

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ok seems the attachment’s not working, here’s a picture of the problem, although i’m sure most of you already know what the problem is about.

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ok thanks i will look it up:)

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Ya that used to happen to me al the time, try making it a movie clips 1st of all, and if you want to make it a button, then change it from a movie clip to a buttton using the properties box, it may work, it does sometimes for me.

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thanks, i will try. i’ve tried everything, setting x and y to exact numbers,the font size multiple of 8 etc… but its still blurry…

I’ve seen so many websites using pixel fonts and none of them have that problem. how did they do it??:slight_smile:

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Can you tell me what font are you having problems with?

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it looks like a pixel font so, make sure anti-aliasing is turned on, turn it into a dynamic text field (whether or not you NEED it to be dynamic), and embed the font.

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This happened to me just yesterday, and I was scared to post the question because I see it gets asked a lot. But thanks to the threads that were pointed out to me, I have it figured out.

  1. Just because it’s called a Flash Font, doesn’t mean it is. People make some nice pixel fonts which look flash-like but aren’t.

  2. Quick test to see if it IS flash-able: Make a dynamic text box, type something in it.

  3. Place the text box and any even position (x = 102.0, y = 222.0 ---- NOT x = 102.3, y = 221.8).

  4. Click “Character” at the lower right of the Properties palette. Embed “All Characters”.

  5. Test it. If it’s crisp and clean, it’s flash-worthy. if it’s gunky and blurry, it’s just a regular Pixel Font, which means you can’t use that one.

  6. Claudio gave me this link which had real Flash fonts:
    http://www.superlooper.de/

That even numbered placement really got me though, because I had several MC that had text nested in them. They ALL have to be on even numbers. it took forever to re-align. And I had to click to embed them all, too.