# Upside-down dynamic text

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/upside-down-dynamic-text/265422>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [July 8, 2008, 6:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/upside-down-dynamic-text/265422 "2008-07-08T18:57:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![NeoDreamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ccd318/32.png) [@NeoDreamer](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/NeoDreamer)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 6:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/upside-down-dynamic-text/265422/1 "2008-07-08T18:57:25Z")

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I’m trying to do a reflection like this:

[http://www.flashden.net/item/reflection-preloader/10737](http://www.flashden.net/item/reflection-preloader/10737)

I created a text box with the variable “upright”. Then I created a duplicate, except this one had a -100% height transform and held the variable “reflected”. I only had success changing the value of the upright one. The reflected one was blank… Ⓜ

```auto

bytes_loaded = this.getBytesLoaded();
bytes_total = this.getBytesTotal();
getPercent = bytes_loaded/bytes_total;
this.loadText = Math.round(getPercent*100)+"%";
this.reflected = Math.round(getPercent*100)+"%";
if (bytes_loaded == bytes_total) {
	this.gotoAndPlay("doneLoad");
}

```

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**Author:** ![sekasi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f8ce5/32.png) [@sekasi](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sekasi)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 7:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/upside-down-dynamic-text/265422/2 "2008-07-08T19:04:09Z")

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embed your fonts.

And do rotation and -1 scaleX instead.

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**Author:** ![senocular](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/senocular/32/7217_2.png) [@senocular](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/senocular)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 7:17pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/upside-down-dynamic-text/265422/3 "2008-07-08T19:17:19Z")

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err scaleY, right?

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**Author:** ![sekasi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f8ce5/32.png) [@sekasi](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sekasi)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 7:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/upside-down-dynamic-text/265422/4 "2008-07-08T19:20:10Z")

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no, rotation and negative scaleX will make it ‘mirrored’

scaleY will just flip it.

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**Author:** ![senocular](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/senocular/32/7217_2.png) [@senocular](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/senocular)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 7:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/upside-down-dynamic-text/265422/5 "2008-07-08T19:37:18Z")

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[QUOTE=sekasi;2355351]no, rotation and negative scaleX will make it ‘mirrored’

scaleY will just flip it.[/QUOTE]

Ah, I did miss where you blatently included the rotation :crazy:.

Nevertheless, is that supposed to be different than scaleY?

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**Author:** ![NeoDreamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ccd318/32.png) [@NeoDreamer](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/NeoDreamer)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 7:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/upside-down-dynamic-text/265422/6 "2008-07-08T19:48:53Z")

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The solution was imbedding the font. I could either flip it manually or do it with AS.

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**Author:** ![sekasi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f8ce5/32.png) [@sekasi](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sekasi)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 7:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/upside-down-dynamic-text/265422/7 "2008-07-08T19:51:17Z")

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I’m not quite sure what I was thinking there.

you’re absolutely right, there’s no difference 😉 Sorry for that brain aneurysm