kerning (TextFormat.kerning property) -- Version 8

A Boolean value that indicates whether kerning is enabled or disabled. Kerning puts a predetermined amount of space between certain character pairs to improve readability. The default value is false, which indicates that kerning is disabled.

Kerning is supported for embedded fonts only. Certain fonts, such as Courier New, do not support kerning.

The kerning property is only supported in SWF files created in Windows, not in SWF files created on the Macintosh. However, Windows SWF files can be played in non-Windows versions of Flash Player, and the kerning will still apply.

Example

The following example shows two text fields: The format of the first uses red text with kerning set to false, and the format of the second uses blue text with kerning set to true. To use this example, you add a font symbol to the Library, and then select Arial as the font. In the Linkage Properties dialog box for the font, you set the Identifier name to "Font 1", select Export for ActionScript, and then select Export in First Frame.

var fmt1:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
fmt1.font = "Font 1";
fmt1.size = 50;
fmt1.color = 0xFF0000;
fmt1.kerning = false;

var fmt2:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
fmt2.font = "Font 1";
fmt2.size = 50;
fmt2.color = 0x0000FF;
fmt2.kerning = true;

this.createTextField("tf1", this.getNextHighestDepth(), 10, 10, 400, 100);
tf1.embedFonts = true;
tf1.text = "Text 7AVA-7AVA";
tf1.setTextFormat(fmt1); 

this.createTextField("tf2", this.getNextHighestDepth(), 10, 40, 400, 100);
tf2.embedFonts = true;
tf2.text = tf1.text;
tf2.setTextFormat(fmt2);

If your SWF file includes a version 2 component, use the version 2 components DepthManager class instead of the MovieClip.getNextHighestDepth() method, which is used in this example.