Thanks Darin. I work at a marketing company, so the designers insist on their fonts. In this case VGARounded.
In Flash IDE, there is the antialiasType for animation. I've seen this problem corrected in Flash using this. In Flex, does 'fontGridFitType' pay a similar role? On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 8:17 PM, Darin Kohles <[email protected]> wrote: > I've not ever noticed a situation like that with a layout change, but then > I don't usually apply fades to text. The only time I bother with embedding a > font is for design purposes (a non system font is specified etc..) or if I'm > going to be applying rotation to the text; for example the flexlib > HAccordion uses vertical text in the header bar. > > If the 'flicker' is really that noticeable, you can always resort to an old > Flash trick using a 'mask'. Place a blank or neutral background color Canvas > element 'on top' of the text, then do a Tween on it's alpha (1 to 0 for fade > in 0 to 1 for fade out). This allows you to 'fade' more than just text (e.g. > an detail info call-out that includes an image with text etc...). > > The benefit of this technique is 1 - no flicker, and 2 - reduces compiled > swf size by leaving out the font. > > On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 4:52 PM, John Waggener <[email protected]>wrote: > >> 3.2 >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Aug 5, 2010, at 6:47 PM, Lukas Bradley <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> I'm assuming you're using Flex 3.5ish? >> >> >> Lukas >> >> Lukas Bradley . President >> 678.575.5067 m >> >> Thrust Interactive >> <http://www.thrustinteractive.com>http://www.thrustinteractive.com >> >> >> >> On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 6:17 PM, John Waggener < <[email protected]> >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> How do you feel about embedded fonts in Flex? >>> >>> At the completion of a fade-in, the text shifts a pixel or so. Is there a >>> solution to this? >>> >>> I've noticed that wordwrap doesn't work so great - it may have something >>> to do with setting the percentage property. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Johnny >>> >>> >>> >> > > > -- > Darin Kohles > Adobe Certified Developer > -- Johnny Waggener Moxie Interactive
