Not really. TextField is the only way to get text. I suppose you could generate a bitmap from a textfield and copy character, but that's a lot of work.
You only have to use createInFontContext if you have multiple SWFs and are embedding fonts in different SWFs. Otherwise, generate a TextField and set its textFormat. ________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matt Maher Sent: Monday, May 12, 2008 7:08 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [flexcoders] Drawing letters -- sprites? I have a project where I am drawing circles and line and such directly onto a component extending a UIComponent (all actionscript) I've had problems finding examples of "drawing letters" (or font characters). The best I've been able to come up with is to use "IUITextField" objects and place those on the stage... but this is terrifically limited. Dynamically changing the "font" size and such becomes a really big issue. var textField:IUITextField; textField = IUITextField(createInFontContext(UITextField)); textField.text = _value.toString(); Are there any examples where I can "draw" the sprites for the letters themselves?
