# flash.text.engine

The FTE provides low-level support for sophisticated control of text metrics, formatting, and bi-directional text. While it can be used to create and manage simple text elements, the FTE is primarily designed as a foundation for developers to create text-handling components.

Classes

| Class | Description
--- | --- | ---
| BreakOpportunity | The BreakOpportunity class is an enumeration of constant values that you can use to set the breakOpportunity property of the ElementFormat class.
| CFFHinting | The CFFHinting class defines values for cff hinting in the FontDescription class.
| ContentElement | The ContentElement class serves as a base class for the element types that can appear in a GroupElement, namely a GraphicElement, another GroupElement, or a TextElement.
| DigitCase | The DigitCase class is an enumeration of constant values used in setting the digitCase property of the ElementFormat class.
| DigitWidth | The DigitWidth class is an enumeration of constant values used in setting the digitWidth property of the ElementFormat class.
| EastAsianJustifier | The EastAsianJustifier class has properties to control the justification options for text lines whose content is primarily East Asian text.
| ElementFormat | The ElementFormat class represents formatting information which can be applied to a ContentElement.
| FontDescription | The FontDescription class represents the information necessary to describe a font.
| FontLookup | The FontLookup class is an enumeration of constant values used with FontDescription.fontLookup.
| FontMetrics | The FontMetrics class contains measurement and offset information about a font.
| FontPosture | The FontPosture class is an enumeration of constant values used with FontDescription.fontPosture to set text to italic or normal.
| FontWeight | The FontWeight class is an enumeration of constant values used with FontDescription.fontWeight.
| GraphicElement | The GraphicElement class represents a graphic element in a TextBlock or GroupElement object.
| GroupElement | A GroupElement object groups a collection of TextElement, GraphicElement, or other GroupElement objects that you can assign as a unit to the content property of a TextBlock object.
| JustificationStyle | The JustificationStyle class is an enumeration of constant values for setting the justificationStyle property of the EastAsianJustifier class.
| Kerning | The Kerning class is an enumeration of constant values used with ElementFormat.kerning.
| LigatureLevel | The LigatureLevel class is an enumeration of constant values used in setting the ligatureLevel property of the ElementFormat class.
| LineJustification | The LineJustification class is an enumeration of constant values used in setting the lineJustfication property of the TextJustifier subclasses.
| RenderingMode | The RenderingMode class provides values for rendering mode in the FontDescription class.
| SpaceJustifier | The SpaceJustifier class represents properties that control the justification options for text lines in a text block.
| TabAlignment | The TabAlignment class is an enumeration of constant values that you can use to set the tabAlignment property of the TabStop class.
| TabStop | The TabStop class represents the properties of a tab stop in a text block.
| TextBaseline | The TextBaseline class is an enumeration of constant values to use in setting the dominantBaseline and alignmentBaseline properties of the ElementFormat class.
| TextBlock | The TextBlock class is a factory for the creation of TextLine objects, which you can render by placing them on the display list.
| TextElement | The TextElement class represents a string of formatted text.
| TextJustifier | The TextJustifier class is an abstract base class for the justifier types that you can apply to a TextBlock, specifically the EastAsianJustifier and SpaceJustifier classes.
| TextLine | The TextLine class is used to display text on the display list.
| TextLineCreationResult | The TextLineCreationResult class is an enumeration of constant values used with TextBlock.textLineCreationResult.
| TextLineMirrorRegion | The TextLineMirrorRegion class represents a portion of a text line wherein events are mirrored to another event dispatcher.
| TextLineValidity | The TextLineValidity class is an enumeration of constant values for setting the validity property of the TextLine class.
| TextRotation | The TextRotation class is an enumeration of constant values used with the following properties: ElementFormat.textRotation, ContentElement.textRotation, TextBlock.lineRotation, and TextLine.getAtomTextRotation().
| TypographicCase | The TypographicCase class is an enumeration of constant values for setting the typographicCase property of the ElementFormat class.

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