# Text effects: pinched, wavy, bloated etc?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-effects-pinched-wavy-bloated-etc/222542>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [April 14, 2007, 4:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-effects-pinched-wavy-bloated-etc/222542 "2007-04-14T16:13:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![iceblueflame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/bbe5ce/32.png) [@iceblueflame](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/iceblueflame)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2007, 4:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-effects-pinched-wavy-bloated-etc/222542/1 "2007-04-14T16:13:29Z")

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ok, i agree i’m posting many questions based on text and fonts, but i cant help it… :puzzled: these things are making me go crazy.

well, i need to write AS 2.0 code for creating text effects like those we have in ms word clipart… i dont need it to be all that complex though.  
what i need is to make the text pinched… so that if there’s a word, the ends of the word are more in height but in the middle, its slim

then i need to make the text seem bloated… which is exactly the opposite of pinched. then i also need the word to appear wavy… as if the word is riding on a wave ya know…  
then, i need the word to slant backwards and forwards  
i also need it to have a dropshadow but i found stuff by senocular on it. so i guess i’ll manage that by the filters and all.

please help me ;(