ok, I want to use vector fonts so I can scale up and skew, etc. and not lose quality and I also want some "canned" code that will take a word and manipulate it in a certain fashion. for example, if I had the user enter "LIONS", some function would take each character and reformat the word to look arched or rainbow or bridged or some other formats.

so "LIONS" would become:

LIONS

you get the idea...is there a component or some canned code that can provide that functionality? basically I want Photoshop or Illustrator functionality (the way you would put text in different arrangements) but I need it done dynamically. Lastly, if this doesn't exist in AS3, why doesn't someone create a component that would do that, the code exists somewhere...they probably could make a ton of money because I haven't been able to find it on the web and I know others are looking for that functionality. I would pay money for it because I don't have the time to spend developing it. Let me know your thoughts!