_sans does not react to _alpha?

[AnyKey]

After many hours of wondering, then solving the "small fonts" issue by reading the appropriate forum, I'm still puzzled;
Using a 'regular' font like Verdana, the text reacts to its containers _alpha value.
But when I use _sans, it will not fade down.
Why is this, or am I missing something?

[TheEnigma]

Maybe because its an inbuilt Flash generic font ?

Im not sure its a problem I have never encountered before!

[squink]

if i understand correctly, then your problem could be solved by just turning the text into a symbol? or am I way off? <---very likely

[AnyKey]

I turned the text into a mc.
Tested with

onclipevent (enterframe){
this._alpha=50;
}

works fine with arial
does not work with _sans

[tone001]

yup .... the non anti-aliased fonts don't behave the same way as embedded fonts. If you want to do effects of type it has to be on type that's embedded.