# Stylesheets vs textformat

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stylesheets-vs-textformat/251983>\
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**Created:** [February 14, 2008, 3:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stylesheets-vs-textformat/251983 "2008-02-14T15:50:37Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 14, 2008, 3:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stylesheets-vs-textformat/251983/1 "2008-02-14T15:50:37Z")

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If I have a movie with embedded fonts and an applied text format, can i put html tags into that box and style the \<a\> with a stylesheet? Does it have to be an external css file of can i define it in .as. The whole thing seems kind of confusing.

I just want the links in the text to be bold. I’m familiar with textformat but not with using css with flash.