fonts For Flash sharp Pix in flash

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this may sounds really stupid but i hv no idea how thye did it!

there are many great flash sites where the fonts used are SUPER SHARP and CRISP..i wonder how they do it without comprismising the brandwidth. I not sure if they are pixel fonts marketed by some foundry but i suspected not. so do they do it???

In addition, some of the their images are really sharp and the images screen size are considerably huge as well

any pointers will be great!!!:D

[farafiro]

www.fontsforflash.com
or
http://www.actionscript.org/forums/showthread.php3?s=&threadid=20676&highlight=font

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thanks for the links! i downloaded and try out a few but i have a questions

1) I have to use unchecked antialias text rite?
2) why when i published the swf files the text are still "blur" even if i've anti-alias text off???
3) For pixel fonts i can only use it certain designated size inorder for it to appear crisp and sharp rite?

so how do i use it on my flash files????

thanks a million for the answers!!!

cheers mates

[felix_man]

First the answers:

1) not if you are using pixel fonts
2) there are some key rules you must follow when using "pixel" fonts.

A. The paragraph must be either left or right justified.

B. The text position must be on a whole pixel value. For instance when you look at the position x & y in the properties panel it must be 5.0 not 5.5 or 5.3.
C. You must also be sure that any movie clip that the text may be inside is positioned on whole pixel values also.

3) Yes pexel fonts are desigend to work best a a certain size. That info should be included with the font or listed on the site from where you downloaded it.


Now that that is said...
If you are using MX 2004 then you don't need specific fonts to get that crisp look. Just pick your font and turn on the alias text option. Not all fonts look good aliased, but many of the standard fonts look great.

As an added bonus, tt also seems that the right/left justification is not an issue when yoou use this option.

Just to clarify it is Alias text not anti alias text. Anti aliasing would blurs the font.

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:D thanks! lots of rules to apply man. but i wont give in!!

cheers!