# Text using font symbol: Difficulty positioning

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-using-font-symbol-difficulty-positioning/256709>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [April 6, 2008, 10:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-using-font-symbol-difficulty-positioning/256709 "2008-04-06T10:13:46Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 6, 2008, 10:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-using-font-symbol-difficulty-positioning/256709/1 "2008-04-06T10:13:46Z")

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I’m having difficulty positioning text created at run-time using font symbols (one for each of the Textformat’s).

Can someone show me what’s wrong?

Thanks…

Here’s the code:  
(Requires 3 font symbols in the Library: Artist\_Choice, Artist\_Choice\_bold, and Artist\_Choice\_bold\_italic)

```auto

var SW:Number = Stage.width;
var SH:Number = Stage.height;
//setup a font format that will serve as our base font 
var basalFormat:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
//basalFormat Textformat;
var bFormat:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
//bFormat Textformat;
var biFormat:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
//biFormat Textformat;
var biFormatCenter:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
//biFormatCenter Textformat;
//If you are using font symbols, make sure that the font symbols are linked and exported in the first
//frame.
//
function makeFormatting():Void {
    basalFormat.font = "Artist_Choice";
    basalFormat.size = 23;
    basalFormat.align = "left";
    //basalFormat.color = 0xC90E12;
    //
    bFormat.font = "Artist_Choice_bold";
    bFormat.size = 34;
    bFormat.bold = true;
    bFormat.align = "justify";
    //bFormat.color = 0xF26522;
    //
    biFormat.font = "Artist_Choice_bold_italic";
    biFormat.size = 11;
    biFormat.bold = true;
    biFormat.italic = true;
    biFormat.align = "right";
    //biFormat.color = 0xFFCC00;
    //
    biFormatCenter.font = "Artist_Choice";
    biFormatCenter.size = 44;
    biFormatCenter.bold = true;
    biFormatCenter.italic = true;
    biFormatCenter.align = "center";
    //biFormatCenter.color = 0x007236;
    //
    this.createEmptyMovieClip("txtHolder",this.getNextHighestDepth());
}
//
function createTxt(txtFieldName:String):Void {
    var formatArrays:Array = new Array();
    formatArrays = [basalFormat, bFormat, biFormat, biFormatCenter];
    for (var i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
        txtHolder.createTextField(txtFieldName + i,i,0,0,SW,0);
        var textF:TextField=txtHolder[txtFieldName + i];
        textF.autoSize = "left";
        textF.multiline = true;
        textF.wordWrap = true;
        textF.embedFonts = true;
        textF.antiAliasType = "advanced";
        textF.gridFitType = "subpixel";
        //thickness is from -200 to 200
        textF.thickness = 25;
        //sharpness is from -400 to 400
        textF.sharpness = 65;
        textF.type = "input";
        textF.selectable = false;
        textF.text = "This be paragraph "+i+". "+"This is the text to follow: tionum illa feui eugait, suscinim il utet utat.";
        textF.border = true;
        textF.setTextFormat(formatArrays*);
        textF._x = (SW / 2) - (textF._width / 2);

    // textF._y = (textF._height);
        trace ("	textF._y: "+textF._y);
    }
// txtHolder._x = (SW / 2) - (txtHolder._width / 2);
// txtHolder._y = (SH / 2) - (txtHolder._height / 2);
}
//
makeFormatting();
createTxt("sometext");

```