Re: [Flashcoders] Dynamically animating writing effect

2008-02-12 Thread Alistair Colling
Thanks for the suggestion Erik, I've done a bit of research into these classes and they are very interesting but it seems I am still left with the same problem of figuring out how each character would appear when written as this information isn't in the font data. I'm not sure there is a

[Flashcoders] Dynamically animating writing effect

2008-02-10 Thread ali drongo
Hiya, I am wanting to create an effect where text will appear on the screen as if it is being written by a pen. I am going to set about writing a class to achieve this and wanted to get the group's thoughts on if I am going about this the right way. My idea is that I could create all of my text in

Re: [Flashcoders] Dynamically animating writing effect

2008-02-10 Thread EECOLOR
Whow, tough task... If I were given that assignment I would check out this application: http://www.sephiroth.it/file_detail.php?id=159# It allows you to read font information. This font information allows you to draw the font using information available in the font file itself. If I am correct