pixel fonts?

[zzcoopzz]

Can some one point me in the right direction to learn about pixel fonts. There has to be a formula to them, I understand them to a point, but as soon as you start embedding them two, tree deep they blur out.

please direct, thanks

coop

[slijpschijf]

I've been having more or less the same problem - sometimes my pixel fonts are ok, sometimes they're pretty blurry - and i cant find a reasonable explanation.

however - yesterday i found a solution: i just deleted the text and retyped it. or redrawed the textfield in exactly the same position - and i noticed that my previously blurry text suddenly became pretty crispy...

hope it works for you too...

[flyingchalupa]

coop,
if you are only having problems once the textfield is burried down (in a mc that is in a mc, etc...), it might be that you are just shifting off of a whole pixel value.
For pixel fonts to work they have to be placed on whole pixels (_x = 50.0 not 50.1)...
Same goes for the movie clips that are housing the textfield. Or at least they have to add up to a whole pixel amount. (if the mc was on 50.5, then the text could be on 0.5) But it is easier to just keep everything on a whole pixel value...

Cheers...

[petefs]

setting the pixel font to alias will resolve many problems with the textfield being on at a non-whole pixel value, as well : )

[G-Rard B]

My favorite pixel font is Bitdust Two. I'm not sure where I found it though.

[zzcoopzz]

thanks all for the helpful tips

coop