2-colored (bordered) text?

BeerOclock · 11-28-2009, 04:43 PM

I want to give my text a border so that it is easier to read, no matter what background color its on.
Im not talking about giving the textField a border, I'm talking about having each letter use 2 colors - an outline and a fill color.

Is there an easy, or standard, way to do this? I tried Overlapping 2 textFields and have the bottom one use a slightly bigger font in a different color, but it doesnt work because the letters dont line up correctly.

Can this be accomplished using embedded fonts or do I have to build my own custom bitmap fonts?

Anogar · 11-28-2009, 05:05 PM

You can do it with layer styles. There's not a 'stroke' style, but a DropShadowFilter with 1000% strength does the trick.

BeerOclock · 11-28-2009, 05:17 PM

Is a layer style something thats available in Flash CS3? All my google searches for layer styles point to photoshop tutorials. Is it something I have to do in photoshop and then import into flash? Or can I do it directlyin Flash? (Preferably programatically)

EDIT:
OOH wait a minute, I can apply filters directly to a TextField. That should do it I think.
I think my autocomplete is screwy because it was telling me I couldnt set filters on a Textfield...