Weird font appearence!?

[zickan]

I'm using a mask above a dynamic textbox. I include the font to get it to show up. The problem is that when I include the font, all the "holes" in certain letter get filled! For example D, looks like a half filled circle. Also A, B e.t.c fills up.

Can I do anything about this?

The problem also occurs when using static text. To get the text to show up when masking, I have to unhook "use device fonts". When unhooking, the text fills...

Thanks!

[maowang]

i'm having the same problem as well

[CyanBlue]

What font face are you using??? I'm going to try that myself right now... and will let you know if it happens to me too... :)

[CyanBlue]

Um... I played it with several font faces and it didn't happen to me... Can you put your file on the web so that I can see what's happening???

[pinkaboo]

I've had that problem, usually with bad "novelty" fonts from freebie font sites though, I just assume that that particular font is just badly designed and sucks (and I really shouldn't be touching novelty fonts with a barge pole anyway cos novelty fonts are BAD, like stinky bad, like rotten eggs) and choose another!
<end digression regarding bad novelty fonts that should be incinerated>
um, what font are you using?

:)

pinK

[Mortimer Jazz]

I've had that problem too and I'm pretty sure it's down to shoddy workmanship. Who made the font? If I were you I'd find out where this font-quack lives, go round there and sort the gezzer out with a couple of swifties to the chin. Failing that you could try using a shareware font-creator type proggie to see if you can fix the problem yourself?

Send Pinkaboo in, she'll sort em

[kunafish]

I've had the same trouble with masking dynamic text. If you read up on this, it might help you.

http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/ts/documents/maskprintembed.htm

If I'm way off base here .... apologies

[Mortimer Jazz]

***Mort pulls his menacing-face that makes him look like he's just swallowed a wasp and squares-up to kunafish***

Firstly you're not way off base, and secondly don't ever apologise for helping out. Understood?! Eh!

...and If I catch you doing it again I'll send 'The Boys' round to ruffle your hair and give you chinese-burns until you say sorry.
Fear my wrath - muhahah!

it's prolly not very pc to call 'em chinese burns now is it, but that's what they were called when I went to school. What the heck are they called now?
Well, I know that I don't mean any offence by that term anyway so stop yer moanin! I don't think kids do that now do they? I think they just shoot each other instead

thanks for the post kunafish - quality stuff! :D