Have a look at
http://www.sharedfonts.com/
HTH
Alias
On 3/12/06, Hypno Joe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> *I am using Flash8*
>
> Is there a way to keep fonts in an external movie and load them
> dynamically into a movie when needed?
>
> The flash movie I am currently working on is a text editor that is all
> generated dynamically. A text box is generated on the main movie like
> this:
>
> this.createTextField("message_txt", 200, 10, 10, 560, 200);
> message_txt.embedFonts = true;
>
> The main text box is styled using TextFormat.
>
> var messageformat:TextFormat;
> meassageformat = new TextFormat();
> messageformat.size = 20;
> messageformat.font = "hightower_font";
>
> I have a button that calls in an external SWF that contains a list of
> different fonts for the text box. The fonts are embedded in the movie
> and exported for action script and runtime sharing. They change the
> font like this:
>
> this.aucion_mc.onRelease = function () {
> messageformat = new TextFormat();
> messageformat.font = "aucion_font";
> _root.message_txt.setTextFormat(messageformat);
> }
>
> The fonts show up in the external SWF as it is loaded into the main
> movie but when one of the bottons is presssed, the text in the text
> box disappears.
>
> If I embed the fonts in the main movie, I have no problems.
> Everything works fine. But that defeats the purpose of having the
> fonts exist externally. I only want them to load if the user wants to
> change fonts.
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