# Text blurring: antialias problem

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-blurring-antialias-problem/261043>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [May 22, 2008, 10:28am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-blurring-antialias-problem/261043 "2008-05-22T10:28:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![ethernal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e47c2d/32.png) [@ethernal](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ethernal)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2008, 10:28am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-blurring-antialias-problem/261043/1 "2008-05-22T10:28:16Z")

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I have some textfields that I want to blur and unblur depending on the user interactions. They blur correctly, but when they unblur the text looks pixelated.

It happens with static and dynamic textfields, there is no difference. **But it happens with textfields that I have applied a textformat to, and not with those which are formatted at the IDE**.

Any idea?

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**Author:** ![hoolagon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/58956e/32.png) [@hoolagon](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/hoolagon)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2008, 5:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-blurring-antialias-problem/261043/2 "2008-05-22T17:42:10Z")

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[quote=ethernal;2329585]I have some textfields that I want to blur and unblur depending on the user interactions. They blur correctly, but when they unblur the text looks pixelated.

It happens with static and dynamic textfields, there is no difference. **But it happens with textfields that I have applied a textformat to, and not with those which are formatted at the IDE**.

Any idea?[/quote]

try embedding the font…  
yourTextFormat.embedFonts = true;

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**Author:** ![Felixz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecb155/32.png) [@Felixz](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Felixz)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2008, 12:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-blurring-antialias-problem/261043/3 "2008-05-23T12:55:37Z")

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remove filters

```auto
textField.filters=null

```

or to unblur, just lower alpha to 0