Clear Crisp Text

[MarkMason]

Does anyone know how to get clear, crisp, clean looking text?

Mine looks blurred, usually around the edges. It’s a real shame as it lets the rest of the site down. It seems I’m not alone in this, I would say that for every 10 sites you look at 8
of them have blurred text.

Any solutions.

Many thanks.

[ant_Z]

do you get effect you want if you click right on swf and select quality -> medium?

[Chris_Seahorn]

Does anyone know how to get clear, crisp, clean looking text?


You have to use either dynamic text or pixel fonts. Static textfields have always been a bit blurry in all versions of flash.

[Chris_Seahorn]

Guess I better add to that. If you use pixel fonts, they must be place on X/Y coordinates without fractional values:

Not:

X = 120.2
Y= 100.5

But rather whole numbers:

X= 120
Y= 100

The same holds true if it is nested inside a clip...not only does the textfield have to be placed on a whole number value...the clip container must also be placed using the same rule or you will get a bit fuzzy there as well.

Dynamic textfields are always clear no matter the placement. When using dynamic text that is not meant to be an input field (basically because you want clear text for display only) you should set the options for the field as follows:

Read Only - Yes
Selectable - No