# Text to a path

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-to-a-path/119680>\
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**Created:** [August 17, 2004, 9:52am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-to-a-path/119680 "2004-08-17T09:52:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![clwright\_2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@clwright\_2000](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/clwright_2000)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2004, 9:52am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-to-a-path/119680/1 "2004-08-17T09:52:58Z")

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Is it possible to write text to a path within flash? 🐇

Thanks all,

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**Author:** ![Ubik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b38774/32.png) [@Ubik](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Ubik)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2004, 10:42am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-to-a-path/119680/2 "2004-08-17T10:42:37Z")

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No, you can’t

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**Author:** ![clwright\_2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@clwright\_2000](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/clwright_2000)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2004, 11:36am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-to-a-path/119680/3 "2004-08-17T11:36:16Z")

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> [@Ubik](#):
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> No, you can’t

Useful to know… thanks for your post :kommie:

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**Author:** ![Ubik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b38774/32.png) [@Ubik](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Ubik)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2004, 12:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-to-a-path/119680/4 "2004-08-17T12:03:03Z")

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Well, in fact you can bend txt with AS, i think voetsjoeba post something for that, but it’s not on a path,  
🙂  
Ubik

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**Author:** ![dal\_platinum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ed8c4c/32.png) [@dal\_platinum](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dal_platinum)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2004, 12:17pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-to-a-path/119680/5 "2004-08-17T12:17:44Z")

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you can give the effect of following a path, but it’s not straightforward.

here’s one I did:

[http://www.btinternet.com/~dalsarns/Flash/letterrotator2.html](http://www.btinternet.com/~dalsarns/Flash/letterrotator2.html)

It’s basically a character following a path, and variant of the classic typewriter code.

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**Author:** ![Prophet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/838e76/32.png) [@Prophet](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Prophet)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2004, 6:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-to-a-path/119680/6 "2004-08-17T18:00:02Z")

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that link just brings up a blank blue page4me…

Prophet.

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**Author:** ![dal\_platinum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ed8c4c/32.png) [@dal\_platinum](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dal_platinum)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2004, 7:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-to-a-path/119680/7 "2004-08-17T19:55:18Z")

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hmm, try this one then:

[http://dalplatinum.com/letterrotator2.html](http://dalplatinum.com/letterrotator2.html)

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**Author:** ![Prophet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/838e76/32.png) [@Prophet](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Prophet)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2004, 9:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-to-a-path/119680/8 "2004-08-17T21:02:48Z")

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tried it in ie (shudders…) and it works… how u do that? im intrigued…

Prophet.

PS how long was that string??? lol