# Text mask

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-mask/6811>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [October 16, 2002, 11:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-mask/6811 "2002-10-16T23:08:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cavall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@Cavall](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Cavall)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2002, 11:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-mask/6811/1 "2002-10-16T23:08:37Z")

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hey guys…

pretty new to flash, so sorry if this is quite basic.

Im trying to basically put a scrolling marquee at the bottom of my page.

I have (one one layer ) a movie symbol of some text scrolling from right to left (tweened in the movie timeline, not the main timeline). Then i have a mask above that layer that is simply a filled rectangle.

When i test the movie i cant see the text scrolling.

Is there something i am doing wrong that is keeping the movie symbol from playing?

thanks  
cav

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2002, 11:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-mask/6811/2 "2002-10-16T23:16:37Z")

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If the text you are movie is in a dynamic textbox, that is why.

What you will need to do is embed the font outline. I believe if you click on the textbox and open up the properties menu (CTRL+F3), then there is a button there for “Format”.

Choose to embed the font outline for all characters and it should work.

This does anti-alias your text though ☹ I don’t know how to fix that problem.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2002, 11:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-mask/6811/3 "2002-10-16T23:41:34Z")

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nope…

its static text using \_sans device font.

any other suggestions?

thanks  
cav

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2002, 12:12am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-mask/6811/4 "2002-10-17T00:12:01Z")

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Ooooo, that is why.

Fonts that begin with \_ don’t work

\_sans, \_typewriter, etc.

You will have to change your font.

For some reason the \_fonts don’t work, no clue why.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2002, 12:43am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-mask/6811/5 "2002-10-17T00:43:08Z")

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thanks man…

that was it…

cavall

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2002, 2:22am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-mask/6811/6 "2002-10-17T02:22:36Z")

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no problem 🙂