Aliased text?

[Vroomfondel]

Does anybody know if there is a way to avoid the anti-aliasing of text AND maintaining cross-platform compability?
What I want is a (automatically updated) text field that you can actually read (like in the tutorial at www.virtual-fx.net/loadtextfile.htm and not blurred by the anti-aliasing.
I know this can be done by turning off the font inculsion in the text fields properties, but I understand that this is going to result in problems with machines without the font installed - like using Verdana and viewing it on a Mac. (Pope mentioned that a few threads below, but is there any solution?)

[This message has been edited by Vroomfondel (edited 01 April 2000).]

[Pope de Flash]

This is the best I could find. Right off the Flash Help page. I see a solution but it may not be exactly what you want. I hope this will help. Regards, Bill

You can use Type 1 PostScript® fonts, TrueType®, and bitmap fonts in your Flash movies. Flash exports type
to your final movie with all its system information intact. Type you create while authoring on one platform may
not appear properly on other platforms; moreover, your audience must have the type's font installed for it to
display properly, even on the same platform.

You can avoid these potential conflicts by using special fonts in Flash called device fonts. Flash includes three
device fonts named _sans, _serif, and _typewriter. When you set type in these fonts, the Flash Player uses
whatever font on the local computer that most closely resembles the device font. Device fonts are particularly
useful for text fields, for large blocks of type where you may not want anti-aliasing, and for making the
published movie smaller because no outlines are needed. Breaking apart type to convert characters to shapes
also eliminates potential conflicts, but it does increase file size. See Reshaping type.

Not all fonts displayed in Flash can be exported with a movie. A good way to tell whether or not a font will export
properly is to turn on View > Antialias Text. If the type remains jagged, then Flash does not recognize that
font's outline and will not export the text.

For additional text-handling capabilities, manipulate text in FreeHand and export it as a SWF file.

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