Hi Toon, Thanks for the advice. I tried to move everything to integer pixels, but there was no change. It's probably because I'm using TextArea instead of a TextField, and it's possible that the component itself is not very well aligned.
Thanks, Karina > -----Original Message----- > From: Toon Van de Putte [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 24 November 2005 15:54 > To: Flashcoders mailing list > Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] emoticons in a chat component > > On 11/22/05, Karina Steffens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 1. Unembedded, it looks nice and crispy, but embedded there's > a fuzziness to > > it, even with anti-aliasing switched off (in fact that > looks even worse). > > Verdana didn't produce any better results. Should I use a different > > font, perhaps? > > > I know that up until MX 2004, pixel fonts have to be > perfectly aligned with the pixel grid not to anti-alias. > This means that your textfield should be positioned on an > integer pixel position, as seen from _root (ie x300 y400 and > not x299.5 y400.2). > When your textfield is buried deep inside other symbols, > trying to get this figured out can be tricky, the solution > that works best for me is to dynamically create all text > fields that need exact positioning. > > In Flash 8, this problem no longer exists, thankfully. > > -- > Toon Van de Putte > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > [email protected] > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
