The Cyberbit Bitstream font is 13 megs! Device fonts work fine if the target machines "speak" the target language, which can usually be reasonably expected.
- Kipp > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mick G > Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2007 3:55 PM > To: Flashcoders mailing list > Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] handling non-western characters in Flash > > > 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? 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