> I'm sure this is child's play for some of you guys, but my > geometry (and my > imaging Lingo expertise) fail here. I want to create speech > bubbles on the > fly around my text, sized to fit around the text sprite. Is > imaging Lingo > the way to go? Are there other ways? Someone must have done > this, it seems > like a commonly useful thing to have. > > I'll always know the size of my text sprite, of course. But > how do I draw a > complete speech bubble around it, including that pointed end? since you know the rect of the text sprite, why not use a vector graphic or a Flash as the bubble graphic. then place it accordingly relative to the text, or vice versa. just a thought... Al Hospers CamberSoft, Inc. al<at>cambersoft<dot>com http://www.cambersoft.com A famous linguist once said: "There is no language wherein a double positive can form a negative." YEAH, RIGHT [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/LUJ/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]