# Skew/distort text in Flash?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/skew-distort-text-in-flash/239063>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [September 18, 2007, 1:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/skew-distort-text-in-flash/239063 "2007-09-18T13:29:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![Najze](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/najze/32/3333_2.png) [@Najze](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Najze)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2007, 1:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/skew-distort-text-in-flash/239063/1 "2007-09-18T13:29:51Z")

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Is it possible to skew/distort a text to look like this, without transform it to a picture?

[![](http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/3074/textju5.th.png)](http://img213.imageshack.us/my.php?image=textju5.png)

I want that effect on a textbox that’s dynamic and loads the text from XML. Is it possible or should I get other ideas?

I use Flash CS3.