Adobe Flash Professional CS5 on Demand

5. Working with Text

What You’ll Do

Create Classic Static or TLF Text

Link Text Together

Change Font Type, Style, Size, and Color

Modify Tracking and Kerning

Change Text Alignment

Create Text Columns

Change Text Direction and Orientation

Change Advanced Text Options

Use Break Apart to Modify Characters

Use Anti-Alias Text

Use Font Mapping

Set Device Fonts Versus Embedded Fonts

Create Classic Dynamic Text and Input Text

Check Spelling

Use Find and Replace

Use Cascading Style Sheets with HTML Text

Introduction

In Flash, you can create two types of text: TLF (Text Layout Framework) or Classic. TLF provides advanced text capabilities (New!) for text in Flash targeted for Flash Player 10 and ActionScript 3.0 or later, while Classic provides the ...