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Rotate Dynamic TextField in Actionscript 3

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This is a tutorial on how to rotate textFields in Actionscript 3 (AS3)

1) First you must embed the Font. Go to the Library pallete. Right-click and select “New Font…”

2) In the new “Font Symbol Properties” dialog box, select the font you want to embed. I’m using Allstar for this example. Also type in a name to call the font within the Library. Click “OK” to close the box.


3) Back in the Library, you can see the font you just embedded, but you now need to change the linkage properties. Right click on the font symbol and select “Linkage…”

4) In the Linkage Properties dialog box, check the checkbox “Export for ActionScript”. Then enter the class name that you will reference in the ActionScript. Click Ok to close the dialog.

5) Now in the Actions pallete, enter in the following text to create the textField and display it on the stage.

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5 responses to “Rotate Dynamic TextField in Actionscript 3”

  1. Raj Avatar
    Raj

    How can i go to library pallete in Flash Builder 4.0.

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  2. cesar Avatar
    cesar

    Nice tuto, but waht about the z property in AS3 on flash player 10, when I used it, the rotation seem to word great and i dont need to embeed the font, I going to put a post about it on my blog soon

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  3. Shrimpwagon Avatar
    Shrimpwagon

    Thanks man. I think you can only use TTF fonts.

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  4. Yukiko Avatar
    Yukiko

    Ramiro,

    You have to embed the font otherwise it will disappear when you set the rotation property. Also, I have found that you can only embed certain fonts. I’m not sure if it’s a copyright or a font file type issue, but I find that downloaded, free fonts seem to work pretty well with this technique.

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  5. Ramiro Avatar
    Ramiro

    I have a problem, when I set the rotation the text disapears, why is that?!!!

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