to clarify: I think the reason that the "bold" setting got us is that the CS5 authoring environment does not seem to indicate how text is styled.
On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 8:40 AM, Andrew Sinning <and...@learningware.com> wrote: > Hi John, > > We've been confronting similar issues the last few days. There are > some subtle differences in the way font embedding works between the > two versions which can mess you up. Here's how we have fixed this: > > Our problem was with Arial Narrow, set to "bold". The font that is > embedded is "Arial Narrow", not "Arial Narrow Bold" (which may not > even exist). This will cause a problem at runtime, but you would > never know when you're authoring in the IDE, because it looks like the > correct font is embedded. > > I fixed my problem by doing a Find/Replace, replacing all instances of > Arial Narrow with Miso Light, and then replacing all Miso Light with > Arial Narrow. The reasons for using Miso Light are that I knew I > wasn't using it anywhere else, but also very important, because Miso > Light is narrower than Arial Narrow Bold. If I had chosen a wider > font, then some of my text fields would get expanded to a second line > which would mess up my layout. > > > On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 8:06 AM, John R. Sweeney Jr. > <jr.swee...@comcast.net> wrote: >> Hi All, >> >> I have a legacy project created in CS3, Flash Player 9, AS2. Works and >> compiles fine. I decided to bring it into the 21st century and opened it, >> made a simple change and saved it in CS5. I compiled for the same Flash >> Player 9 and AS2 and now I have two dynamic textfields that do not show >> their content. I have the font Tahoma embedded. I trace the populated text >> and it is there and the field is visible, but on the screen you don't see >> it. I get a back copy for CS3 compile and it works. I upgrade it to CS5 and >> it fails. >> >> Anyone encountered this or have an idea? >> >> Thanks, >> John >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Flashcoders mailing list >> Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com >> http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders >> > > > > -- > Andrew Sinning > LearningWare Engineer > Desk: 651-289-7373 > Cell: 612-296-3646 > -- Andrew Sinning LearningWare Engineer Desk: 651-289-7373 Cell: 612-296-3646 _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
