The problem is that some other asian language fonts for example could be 200K. There's lots of characters in some languages ;)
On 2/15/07, Donald Desloge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I like the XML idea, have one for every language. You mentioned using device fonts instead of embedding them, have you ever tried this with shared fonts? Maybe have on font per shared library and load on demand the font that you need? Donald ----- Original Message ---- From: Mick G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Flashcoders mailing list <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2007 2:20:20 PM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] handling non-western characters in Flash I did this for a project recently... - Used XML files (different one for each language) - Use device fonts (embedding fonts for most languages is not an option... eg. Japanese font files would add massive file size) On 2/15/07, Michael Mudge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It'll take a ton of space, but try embedding a font that supports all > the characters you need. Bitstream Cyberbit is a unicode TTF that has > practically everything. As far as I can tell, Flash supports UTF8, > which is an 8-bit unicode format... Files, variables, etc should all be > in this format. Or, you can paste the non-western charaters straight in > to Flash and they'll work fine... You can even save files this way; > they'll be in the UTF-8 format. > > I have all manner of oriental characters working on my chat program > without any extra work, except that the viewing machine needs to have > the right font installed. > > - Kipp > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > > Of Donald Desloge > > Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2007 10:48 AM > > To: Flashcoders mailing list > > Subject: [Flashcoders] handling non-western characters in Flash > > > > > > I've got a client who wants to have multiple language > > support. I was wondering if there is a preferred way, for > > those who have done this before, for handling non-western > > characters in Flash? Any advice? > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > > ______________________ > > Don't get soaked. Take a quick peak at the forecast > > with the Yahoo! Search weather shortcut. > > http://tools.search.yahoo.com/shortcuts/> #loc_weather > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > [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 > _______________________________________________ [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 ____________________________________________________________________________________ It's here! Your new message! Get new email alerts with the free Yahoo! Toolbar. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/mail/ _______________________________________________ [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
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