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Hello,
I am tasked with using Illustrator and Flash to develop skins for Flex (CS3). I have managed to work through the process, but the when the paths on custom graphics are exported into Flex, corners and points of intersection where two paths or parts of the same path cross are transparent. For example, if I drew an X, there would be a clear spot at the intersection. If I drew a O, there would be a little clear spot where the points on the path overlapped. If I drew a Z, the corners on the letter will have clear spots .
The problem occurs in Flex, and then also persists in the various browsers. It happens on my Apple and on my Mac.
How do I prevent this? Is there some transformation I can do in Illustrator to prevent this?
Thank you for your help.

You can try a few things.
Use the 3-way color corrector in FCP to bring the white levels under 90%.
If all your text is on the same horizontal plane make sure it's on an even number
Add a .25 blur to the graphics
use the de-interlace filter

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