# Text anomally

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-anomally/269109
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [August 22, 2008, 6:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-anomally/269109 "2008-08-22T18:34:09Z")
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### Author: ![spyderfx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@spyderfx](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/spyderfx)
#### Post date: [August 22, 2008, 6:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-anomally/269109/1 "2008-08-22T18:34:09Z")

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i am trying to make a navigation bar for a web class with text that is created from an XML doc. right now the bar is vertical, but I am trying to rotate it to make it horizontal. For some reason when this happens, the text disappears, even if the rotation is 1 degree. Does anyone know why this would happen? Here is the code:

```auto
//returns list of jpgs from xml and makes a movie clip for each picture 
    ter = _root.myImages_mc["mx"+j].createEmptyMovieClip("movc"+j,_root.myImages_mc["mx"+j].getNextHighestDepth());
//where to start creating
    ter._y = 0; 
//create a text field for each jpg
    tex = ter.createTextField("tt"+j,_root.getNextHighestDepth(),30,((_root.image_height)-30),140,40);
//formats text                
    var txtFormat:TextFormat;
//text properties
    tex.wordWrap = true;
    tex.multiline = true;
//where to find text in xml    
    txval = _root.myImages[j].attributes.title;
    tex.text = unescape(txval);
     tex.textColor = 0xFFFFFF;                                
    txtFormat = tex.getTextFormat();
    txtFormat.size = 20;
    tex.setTextFormat(txtFormat);

```