I get this with other fonts too...but it's more random - sometimes I get block artefacts as well.
M > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Joe Cutting > Sent: 20 January 2006 13:17 > To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > Subject: [Flashcoders] Aliased text corruption problem > > I love the "anti-alias for readability" text option in Flash > 8 and try and use it all the time but its giving me odd > results when I use it with the "Futura" typeface. > > What's happening is that the lower case w is becoming corrupted. > You can see an example at > > http://www.joecutting.com/demos/aliasTest.html > > This only happens with "antialias for readability" if I > choose "anti-alias for animation" its fine. It happens with > both static and dynamic text. > I also have two different versions of Futura - one Truetype > and one Postscript and it happens with both of them but not > with other typefaces. > > So, > - Is this an artifact of the shape of the letter and this > particular algorithm - I haven't tried using the custom > aliasing settings because I don't really understand them. > If anyone's got any suggestions > that would be great. > - Is is because I'm using badly made typefaces - although it > seems unlikely that both the TT and PS ones would give the > same problem. > - Is this a bug in the text engine that I should tell Macrobe about? > > Anybody else had this or found a solution? > > Cheers > > Joe > > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
