Dynamic Vs Static Text / Font - What Should I Do?
hi
I'm creating a dropdown menu in flash and I'm using a bitmap font. If there is some way too keep the text as "text" as opposed to breaking it apart that would be ideal.
How can I use a font without breaking it apart? Is there any way to embed a font in your flash movie? Otherwise, I'm assuming that my text will default to the user's system font if they don't have this particular font installed (which they most likely will not).
Any suggestions?
much appreciated,
cheers,
jen
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Posted on: 04-29-2003, 11:44 AM
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