<font size="2"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">It's a property of text fields. <br><br>So I thought I'd consult Flash 8 help to see what it has to say. Now I'm very confused because the property panel seems to offer different options than those available via action script.</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<b><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">From Flash 8 Professional help file - </span></b><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">public <b>antiAliasType</b>: string The type of anti-aliasing used for this TextField instance.</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">(TextField.antiAliasType property)</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Help goes on to say the following:</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
</font><p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="2">The type of anti-aliasing used for this TextField instance. Advanced
anti-aliasing is available only in Flash Player 8 and later. You can control
this setting only if the font is embedded (with the <code>embedFonts</code>
property set to <code>true</code>). For Flash Player 8, the default setting is
<code>"advanced"</code>. </font></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="2">To set values for this property, use the following string values:</font></p>
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<p><code>"normal"</code></p><p>Applies the regular text anti-aliasing. This matches the type of
anti-aliasing that Flash Player used in version 7 and earlier.</p></td></tr>
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<p><br></p><p><code>"advanced"</code></p><p>Applies advanced anti-aliasing, which makes text more legible. (This feature
is available as of Flash Player 8.) Advanced anti-aliasing allows for
high-quality rendering of font faces at small sizes. It is best used with
applications that have a lot of small text. Advanced anti-aliasing is not
recommended for fonts that are larger than 48 points.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br><br>Help for the properties panel for text gives the following options:<br><ul><li>In the Property inspector, choose one of the following options from the
Anti-Aliasing pop-up menu:
<p><strong>Use Device Fonts </strong>specifies that the SWF file use the fonts
installed on the local computer to display the fonts. Although this option has
the least impact on the size of the SWF file, it also forces you to rely on the
fonts installed on the user's computer for font display. For example, if you
specify the font Times Roman as a device font, the Times Roman font must be
installed on the computer playing back the content for the text to display. For
this reason, when using device fonts, choose only commonly installed font
families.</p>
<p><strong>Bitmap Text (No Anti-Alias) </strong>turns off anti-aliasing and
provides no text smoothing. The text is displayed using sharp edges, and the
resulting SWF file size is increased because the font outlines are embedded in
the SWF. Bitmap text is sharp at the exported size, but scales poorly.</p>
<p><strong>Anti-Alias for Animation</strong> creates a smoother animation. This
is possible in part because Flash ignores alignment and kerning information.
Specifying Anti-Alias for Animation creates a larger SWF file, because font
outlines are embedded.</p>
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<p>Fonts rendered using Anti-Alias for Animation are less legible at smaller
font sizes. for this reason, it is recommended that you use 10 point or larger
type when specifying Anti-Alias for Animation.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<p><strong>Anti-Alias for Readability</strong> uses a new anti-aliasing engine
that improves the readability of fonts, particularly at small sizes. Specifying
Anti-Alias for Readability creates a larger SWF file, because font outlines are
embedded. In order to use the Anti-Alias for Readability setting you must
publish to Flash Player 8.</p>
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<p>Anti-Alias for Readability creates a highly legible typeface even at small
sizes. However, it animates poorly, and may cause performance problems. If you
intend to animate text, use Anti-Alias for Animation.
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<p><strong>Custom Anti-Alias (Flash Professional only) </strong>lets you modify
the font's properties as you see fit. The custom anti-aliasing properties are Sharpness and Thickness.<br></p></li></ul><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 5:45 AM, Julian Tenney <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Julian.Tenney@nottingham.ac.uk">Julian.Tenney@nottingham.ac.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div link="blue" vlink="purple" lang="EN-GB"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Not sure: how do you do it in Flash?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></p><div style="border-width: 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid none none; border-color: rgb(181, 196, 223) -moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color; padding: 3pt 0cm 0cm;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-US"> <a href="mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk" target="_blank">xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk" target="_blank">xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Mary Ann Ahearn<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 19 November 2010 22:35<br><b>To:</b> Xerte discussion list<br><b>Subject:</b> [Xerte] Text anti-alias question - Xerte 2 desktop</span></p></div><div><div></div><div class="h5"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt;">Is there a way to set Xerte text to Anti-alias for readability? <br><br>We're using embedded fonts with style sheets for formatting and all is well but it could be a little crisper. Looks like it's the flash default - anti-alias for animation.<br>
<br>Couldn't find much in the archives.<br><br>Thanks!<br>ma</p></div></div></div><br>
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