the AS2 one is a cool idea! On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 10:16 PM, Hans Wichman < [email protected]> wrote:
> and for as2: > http://objectpainters.com/blog/2008/10/12/finding-character-positions/ > > On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 1:24 AM, Matt Gitchell <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > Is this AS3? you can use TextField.getCharBoundaries() > > > > I used it in an experiment a while back here to pretty good effect: > > http://www.moonbootmedia.com/interactive/m/textcompare.html > > > > --Matt > > > > > > > > On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 3:01 PM, Glen Pike <[email protected] > > >wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > You should be able to get the width of each sprite with the single > > letter > > > in??? > > > > > > Maybe mask the stream area out. Start each letter at x - > letterWidth, > > > increase the x after each interval, when the letter reaches x=0, create > & > > > show the next one, add it to your array. > > > Loop through the array each timer increasing the x position of the > > > letters, removing them when they reach the other side??? > > > Something like that??/ > > > Glen > > > > > > ali drongo wrote: > > > > > >> Hi there, I'm animating some letters that are dynamically created in > > their > > >> own sprites across the screen as if they are being fired in a stream. > > >> Currently I am using a fixed width font so it's straight forward to > find > > >> their final position. My problem is that I need to use a non > fixed-width > > >> font and I don't know how to calculate the position of each letter. > > >> > > >> Any ideas very gratefully received! > > >> > > >> Thanks :) > > >> Ali > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> Flashcoders mailing list > > >> [email protected] > > >> http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Glen Pike > > > 01326 218440 > > > www.glenpike.co.uk <http://www.glenpike.co.uk> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Flashcoders mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Flashcoders mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > [email protected] > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
