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Asked: 2026-05-11T16:57:42+00:00

I am coding in AS3 and want to add a stroke to text that

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I am coding in AS3 and want to add a stroke to text that I’m displaying to the screen. My current code is:

format = new TextFormat("BN Elements", 14, 0xEEEEEE, false, false, false, null, null, "left");
format.font = "BN Elements"
scoreText = initText(starsleftText, format, "", 160,5, 545, 61);
scoreText = "Stroke This Text";

As the text is dynamically generated I can’t create it as a text object in the Flash IDE – where I know to add a stroke I can use the “glow” function set to 1000% and Low quality.

I suppose my question is, how can I apply the “glow” filter effect with similar properties within AS3 directly? Or is there an alternative “stroke” function I don’t know about?

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  1. Editorial Team

    It’s pretty easy:

    http://livedocs.adobe.com/flash/9.0/ActionScriptLangRefV3/flash/filters/GlowFilter.html (There’s an example at the bottom of the page)

    I’m not sure if they’ve added anything new as far as adding a real stroke, but the glow filter ‘stroke’ works just as well with code.

    You could also create a pixel bender filter that would give you a bit more control over the effect, I can’t seem to find any already written ones out there though:(

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