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  1. 10-04-2002, 02:29 AM #1
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    pixel font being inconsistent

    I'm having a problem with a pixel font being inconsistent.

    It reads really crisp on some pages but sometimes it just comes out really washed out.
    I've set all my text by rounding off all the x & y co-ordinates but just can't seem to get it right consistently across the the board.

    Any other suggestons.

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  2. 10-04-2002, 03:24 AM #2
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    Pixel font's don't do good on resizes.

    Since you know about alignment in movie you may not know that if they are in a sprite (in Swish) or a mc (in Flash) try offsetting them by .5 this helps clean them up for me.
    Also make sure that your using align left.
    And that you set the quality output to low or auto low.
    When the quality is low fonts' and vectors appear sharper. although bitmaps can suffer. Inversly when set to high font's and vectors can appear less sharp while bitmaps improve.

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  3. 10-04-2002, 08:37 AM #3
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    We have a good user guide for pixel fonts. You may download it from here: http://www.fontsforflash.com/guide/FFF_User_Guide.zip (PC) http://www.fontsforflash.com/guide/FFF_User_Guide.sit (Mac)

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  4. 10-07-2002, 07:47 PM #4
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    Thanks Frets!

    Offsetting them by .5, will try that!

    FFF, your fonts have been a lifesaver!

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    Great!! if you have any problems using them, you can always send a small FLA where the problem is shown and we will fix it for you

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    FFF, one other question.

    I noticed when I preview my .swf (in flash) some of the fonts are washed out, but when I preview in my browser, they come out fine.

    Why is that?


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  7. 10-07-2002, 09:46 PM #7
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    It seems to happen in MACs and also if you have Flash 5. In Flash 5, right click and choose 100%. This will ensure that you're seeing the text at the right size and not distorted at a larger size.

    The ultimate proof: if you're not sure whether the font is as crisp as it should be, right click and choose low quality. If nothing changes, then it's all good. However, if you do see a change (text is crisper), that means that there is something wrong with the placement of the font in the stage.

    As I said before, feel free to email your problematic FLAs for review.


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  8. 10-07-2002, 09:56 PM #8
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    cool, Thanks

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