Text2Curve
See Text2Curve Samples or Documentation
Component description:
This Flash component allows you to place text along one of pre-defined curves.
Unlike similar tools in programs as Illustrator, CorelDRAW or Freehand, it allows doing this
dynamically, e.g. as a movie is playing.
Text along the curve (circle, ellipse, wave and so on) is broadly used by designers to create artistic effects.
Note:
Can be used as a component in Flash MX 2004 or later.
Resulting movie requires Flash Player 7 or later.
- Center Text parameter allows text to be centered by the top or bottom point of the curve (round or ellipse).
- Letter Spacing parameter adds some more space between letters (in pixels).
- Start Point parameter allows you to change the distance along the curve (in pixels) from 0 point (marked with cross) to the first letter. Some kind of indent.
- Place text along one of pre-defined curves. Broad range of parameters can approximate almost any curve you need.
- This text remains dynamic and can be changed at runtime.
- Use your favorite font (just embed it).
- Interactive Live Preview. Edit Text2Curve component in Flash IDE like any other movie clip. No programming needed.
- Using class constructor, you can create Text2Curve objects from scratch at runtime with Actionscript.
- Scale, rotate and distort text along the curve in Flash IDE or at runtime via Actionscript.
- Animate text along the curve either with timeline-based motioin tween or Actionscript.
- Help system with illustrations and API documentation.
- Change text to be shown;
- Change text or curve's parameters
and then update the view using redraw() method.
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Using Text2Curve in AS3 and/or Flex 2
It is currently AS2 component, so there's no direct way to use it in AS3/Flex2.
However, there are workarounds to use AS2 SWFs in AS3 projects.
Google search for "flex as2 swf" is useful, as always.
Peter Ent has published a great article, Using ActionScript 2 SWFs with Flex 2 on how to do it with LocalConnection.
AS3 version of Text2Curve is still in the development and will be announced here.
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The MXP package contains complete Help system with API documentation.