It's "Wingdings" on my machine... And works well. Try to embed it into some textfield on the stage and then trace font name. Also, you can check for usual mistakes: missed semicolon (;-), not applied TextFormat etc.
-- Best regards, GregoryN ================================ http://GOusable.com Flash components development. Usability services. > =========== Merrill, Jason wrote: > I'm building a text editor in Flash as part of my application and came > across a bit of a head scratcher for applying the Wingdings and Webdings > fonts to an HTML Textfield. The following works fine: > > testFormat = new TextFormat(); > testFormat.font = "Arial" > test_txt.html = true; > test_txt.htmlText = "Hello"; > test_txt.setTextFormat(testFormat) > > However, I can't figure how to get Wingdings or Webdings to work in the > 8 player. None of the following work when substituting for line 2 of the > code above: > > testFormat.font = "Wing Dings" > testFormat.font = "WingDings" > testFormat.font = "Wingdings" > testFormat.font = "wingdings" > testFormat.font = "Webdings" > testFormat.font = "WebDings" > testFormat.font = "Web dings" > testFormat.font = "webdings" > > ?? > > Even applying those fonts directly in the IDE to the textfield doesn't > work. Does the HTML rendering/ TextFormat Class in the Flash 8 player > not support Webdings or Wingdings? They are standard windows fonts, I > have them installed as well as my users, and those faces work in normal > HTML. What gives - or am I just using the wrong keywords for the face > value of each font? _______________________________________________ [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
