That fuzzy type thing again

I am using the same phrase on every frame, but as the show
goes on, the type suddenly gets fuzzy. Even if I retype it in
place. Even if i copy, paste-in-place from a good one. All this
type is on even coordinates. Static type, anti-alias off (the
sharper way), 9 points, verdana, not device fonts. Flash 7 OSX
This has bugged me for 2 years.

I got a temporary solution in "break apart", but is that the
proper routine?

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    > I've been fighting fuzzy type for 2 years now on buttons
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    > static text, perfectly on even coordinates, anti alias
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    > Flash 7 Every button is made the same way; sometimes
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