Gibberish.as

package gibberish
{
	import flash.display.Sprite;
	import flash.geom.Rectangle;
	import flash.text.*;
	
	import gs.TweenLite;
	import gs.TweenMax;
	
	public class GibberishTextField extends Sprite
	{
		[Embed(source="arial.ttf", fontFamily="foo")] 
		public var bar:String;
		
		public static const NUMBERS:Array = new Array(1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,0);
		public static const ALPHABET:Array = new Array("A","B","C","D","E","F","G","H","I","J","K","L","M","N","O","P","Q","R","S","T","U","V","W","X","Y","Z");
		
		public static const START_COLOR:String = '#51BE30';
		public static const END_COLOR:String = '#914CB8';
		
		public static const START_SIZE:Number = 0.2;
		public static const END_SIZE:Number = 1;
		
		public static var speed:Number = 5;
		
		private var _text:String;
		private var _textField:TextField;
		
		public function GibberishTextField()
		{
			super();
		}
		
		
		public function get text():String
		{
			return _text;
		}

		public function set text(value:String):void
		{
			_text = value;
			build();
		}
		
		private var _currentRenderedText:String;
		
		protected function build():void
		{
			_textField = new TextField();
			_textField.text = _text;
			addChild( _textField );
			_textField.autoSize = TextFieldAutoSize.LEFT;
			_textField.visible = false;
			
			for ( var i:int = 0; i < _textField.length; i++ )
			{
				var rect:Rectangle = _textField.getCharBoundaries(i);
				var str:String = _textField.text.substr(i,1);
				generateTextField( str, rect.x, rect.y, rect.width, rect.height );
			}			
		}
		
		
		
		private function generateTextField(str:String, x:Number, y:Number, width:Number, height:Number ):void
		{
			var txtFormat:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
			txtFormat.font = "foo";
			txtFormat.size = 12;
			txtFormat.color = 0x000000;
			
			var txt:TextField = new TextField();
			txt.autoSize = TextFieldAutoSize.LEFT;
			txt.x = x;
			txt.y = y;
			
			txt.selectable = false;
			txt.width = width;
			txt.height = height;
			txt.alpha = 0;
			addChild( txt );
			
			txt.embedFonts = true;
			txt.setTextFormat( txtFormat );
			txt.text = str;

			animateTextFieldIn( txt );
		}
		
		private function buildTextFormat(txt:TextField):void
		{
			var txtFormat:TextFormat = new TextFormat("Arial", 12, 0xCCCCCC);
			txt.defaultTextFormat = txtFormat;
			addChild( txt );
			txt.text = _text;
			trace(txt.text);
			
		}
		
		private function animateTextFieldIn( txtField:TextField ):void
		{
			TweenLite.to( txtField, Math.random()*speed, {alpha:1});
		}
			
	}
}

Creates a funky text effect from your string. Random characters sequence in. The characters fade and change colors as they come in.