Yup - it's a bug: http://board.flashkit.com/board/archive/index.php/t-3560.html
Symbol fonts like Wingdings and Webdings cannot be used as System fonts in Flash. You have to embed it (or, change it to a "normal" font with a font editing tool, but that cancells out the whole point of it being a system font! :) ) Thanks for the help everyone... guess I will have to workaround this. Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning & Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions >>-----Original Message----- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Merrill, Jason >>Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2006 9:25 AM >>To: Flashcoders mailing list >>Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] TextFormat <Font Face = 'Wingdings' or 'Webdings'> >> >>>>The only way I can ever get the "dings" fonts to display in a dynamic >>tf >>>>is by embedding them - even if they are on the users system. I assume >>>>this is something to do with the dings family being a "symbol" font. >> >>Thanks Mike, that has to be it, or it's a bug, because all other tests I >>do confirm you cannot display Wingdings via Actionscript using >>TextFormat only like you can other system fonts like Trebuchet MS, >>Tahoma, Impact, etc. on XP or 2000. >> >>Jason Merrill >>Bank of America >>Learning & Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions >> >> >> >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>[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 _______________________________________________ [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
