Paul Trani highlights the strengths of TLF text in Flash Professional CS5.5, and reveals a few tricks for optimizing SWF file sizes by using the Text Container Manager (TCM). TCM text is a subset of TLF text functionality that yields smaller file sizes and is appropriate for any text that will not change at runtime.

Developer Evangelist Paul Trani applies CSS styling to TLF (Text Layout Framework), showcasing the rich design flexibility of ActionScript coding for Flash Professional CS5.5 projects.

With the introduction of the Text Layout Framework (TLF), Flash can now handle even the most complex text layouts. In this tutorial, Paul Trani takes you through creating multicolumn TLF text while highlighting new functionality in Flash Pro CS5.5, such as the new tab ruler, which you can use to add gutters and custom tabs to your TLF text.

Spark components by default use the new Text Layout Framework (TLF) engine and require CFF embedded fonts. Renaun Erickson demonstrates how to embed fonts for both TLF and non-TLF based components.

Learn how the Text Layout Framework lets you finely control text properties, flow text across multiple containers, and work with vertical, right-to-left, and multi-language text.

Use the Text tool to create text with the Text Layout Framework (TLF). Adjust a wide range of text settings, such as casing, justification, padding, and alignment in the Property inspector.

Flash CS5 introduces a new text layout engine, the Text Layout Framework (TLF), which enables highly flexible and customizable text display. Set up a document to use the TLF engine. Learn about the three different types of TLF text.

Publish your InDesign project in a variety of Flash formats by using the enhanced Export dialog box in InDesign CS5. Set the background color and image handling resolution and leverage the new Flash TLF Text engine for enhanced text editability.

Learn about the Text Layout Framework (TLF), which delivers multilingual, print-quality typography for the web. See the new typographic capabilities inside Flash Professional that were inspired by InDesign and hear about future plans for rich text.