With respect to the legality, fonts may be likely candidates for piracy - but there's nothing to stop people swapping system font folders. So given that users can copy and swap font files, I really don't see the problem introducing a utility in the IDE that collects the fonts for any given project. For archival purposes alone, this would be very useful and save a great deal of time tracking down obscure fonts when ressurrecting some project dormant for some period of time.
Suitcase is pretty useful. To try and get around this problem in house, we restored everyone's system fonts folder to the default os install. Then we agreed that we would create a suitcase for every project. This eased matters somewhat, but then we ran into the problem where the font name displayed in suitcase is not the same as the font name displayed in Flash. Not even the same family in some cases. So, it becomes impossible to determine which font file Flash is actually using to display any specific font in the IDE. If there was just an extension to the font mapping dialog that allowed us to see the physical font files being used by the IDE for each font, that would be a major step forward, and Flash could stick with the bizarro font naming convention...which I just don't get. Not wanting to divert this thread - but actually I think the font naming system is the heart of the problem. Why does Flash use different names for fonts than other applications? And where does Flash take that name from? Clark _______________________________________________ [email protected] To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
