change the line:
var bitmapData:BitmapData = new BitmapData(t.width/1, t.height/1, false );

To:
var bitmapData:BitmapData = new BitmapData(t.width/1, t.height/1, true, 0×00000000 );

0×000000 is just 0 alpha black. It could be any color…

Thanks…

I was trying to copy my TextField to a BitmapData and I get a box around the text. Any idea how to work around this? I tried messing with the AntiAliasType, GridFitType, and other properties but nothing worked. I also tried placing the TF inside an MC with no success.

Here’s some code to consider. You can simply run this in the Flash IDE:

var t:TextField = new TextField();
t.text = “JOHN MAC”;
t.antiAliasType = flash.text.AntiAliasType.ADVANCED;
t.gridFitType = flash.text.GridFitType.SUBPIXEL;
t.autoSize = TextFieldAutoSize.LEFT;
t.background = false;
t.cacheAsBitmap = true;

t.textColor = 0×000000;

var mctf:MovieClip = new MovieClip();
var mctf02:MovieClip = new MovieClip();
mctf02.addChild(t);
var bitmapData:BitmapData = new BitmapData(t.width/1, t.height/1, false );
var bitmap:Bitmap = new Bitmap(bitmapData);
var scaleMatrix:Matrix = new Matrix();
scaleMatrix.scale(1, 1);
bitmapData.draw(mctf02, scaleMatrix);

mctf.addChild(bitmap);
addChild(mctf);

Any help/link is greatly appreciated

I can draw 4096 4×4 sprites to a bitmap and maintain 64fps. But doing the same thing via fill and clear drops to 22fps. Even though the later had a faster drawing routine.

I’m eager to see if further testing gets you the same result.
James