Thanks guys, I got it working :) The text is slightly badly aligned sometimes, I'm going to look into Line Metrics and aliasing as it's only a pixel or so out as the text is v small.Many many thanks again Ali
On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 7:42 AM, Matt Gitchell <[email protected]>wrote: > TextField has a getLineMetrics() function, which returns a TextLineMetrics > object. > Check out the AS3 Reference stuff for TextField and the TextLineMetrics > class for the breakdown, there's all kinds of good, fun stuff in there. > > --Matt > > On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 6:36 AM, Glen Pike <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > Can you get text metrics for characters / lines in the text field??? > > > > Glen > > > > > > ali drongo wrote: > > > >> Thanks for all of your responses guys,I ended up using getCharBoundaries > >> and > >> it works a treat. > >> FYI I created a text field at the position I wanted the letters to > finally > >> go then stored the rectangle object for each char in an array and then > >> cycled through the array as Glen suggested. > >> > >> Only thing is, when I use a multiline textfield my function will only > >> gather > >> the char boundaries for the first line: > >> If anyone can suggest why it would be a help. > >> Cheers! > >> Ali > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> public static function letterPosAr(t:TextField):Array > >> { > >> trace("letterPosAr"); > >> var retA:Array = new Array(); > >> for (var i:int = 0; i < t.text.length; i++){ > >> var rect:Rectangle = t.getCharBoundaries(i); > >> trace("---index"+i+" char:"+t.text.substr(i, 1)+" x:"+rect.x+" > >> y:"+rect.y+" w:"+rect.width); > >> retA[i] = rect; > >> } > >> return retA; > >> } > >> > >> On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 7:02 AM, Matt Gitchell <[email protected] > >> >wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>> the AS2 one is a cool idea! > >>> > >>> On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 10:16 PM, Hans Wichman < > >>> [email protected]> wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>> and for as2: > >>>> > http://objectpainters.com/blog/2008/10/12/finding-character-positions/ > >>>> > >>>> On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 1:24 AM, Matt Gitchell < > [email protected] > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> wrote: > >>>>> Is this AS3? you can use TextField.getCharBoundaries() > >>>>> > >>>>> I used it in an experiment a while back here to pretty good effect: > >>>>> http://www.moonbootmedia.com/interactive/m/textcompare.html > >>>>> > >>>>> --Matt > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 3:01 PM, Glen Pike < > [email protected] > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>> wrote: > >>>>>> Hi, > >>>>>> > >>>>>> You should be able to get the width of each sprite with the single > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>> letter > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>> in??? > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Maybe mask the stream area out. Start each letter at x - > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>> letterWidth, > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> increase the x after each interval, when the letter reaches x=0, > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>> create > >>> > >>> > >>>> & > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> show the next one, add it to your array. > >>>>>> Loop through the array each timer increasing the x position of > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>> the > >>> > >>> > >>>> letters, removing them when they reach the other side??? > >>>>>> Something like that??/ > >>>>>> Glen > >>>>>> > >>>>>> ali drongo wrote: > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>>> Hi there, I'm animating some letters that are dynamically created > in > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>> their > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>> own sprites across the screen as if they are being fired in a > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>> stream. > >>> > >>> > >>>> Currently I am using a fixed width font so it's straight forward to > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>> find > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> their final position. My problem is that I need to use a non > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>> fixed-width > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> font and I don't know how to calculate the position of each letter. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Any ideas very gratefully received! > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Thanks :) > >>>>>>> Ali > >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>>>> Flashcoders mailing list > >>>>>>> [email protected] > >>>>>>> http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>> -- > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Glen Pike > >>>>>> 01326 218440 > >>>>>> www.glenpike.co.uk <http://www.glenpike.co.uk> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>>> Flashcoders mailing list > >>>>>> [email protected] > >>>>>> http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>> Flashcoders mailing list > >>>>> [email protected] > >>>>> http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> Flashcoders mailing list > >>>> [email protected] > >>>> http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Flashcoders mailing list > >>> [email protected] > >>> http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Flashcoders mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Flashcoders mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > [email protected] > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
