> So dear Muzak, Akzidenz-Grotesk doesn't mean ".. "(AkzidenzGroteskBE -MdIt)" > means that you do not have the font installed ..", > but is another font (AkzidenzGroteskBE -MdIt = medium italic) from the font > foundry of Berthold!!
I know what it means :) I was referring to the fact that the font is surrounded by parentheses. When a font in Flash (the IDE) shows up surrounded by parentheses, it means it's missing: "Arial" vs "(Arial)" So if it shows up as: "(AkzidenzGroteskBE- MdIt) _sans" in the properties panel it means the font "AkzidenzGroteskBE- MdIt" is missing and the systems default "_sans" font is used instead. > I was given the .swf from a person who has the font on their system, so > shouldn't one be able to 'extract' the fonts by name and > use them into a project?" Yup, if you got the swf from someone who does have the font, you should be able to use it, but you can't (re)compile the fla on your system (without the font installed). Ask the person that compiled the swf for the exact font names as they appear in the properties panel in Flash. Those are the names you should be using in Flex to use them. regards, Muzak ----- Original Message ----- From: "grg_blls" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2009 7:10 PM Subject: [flexcoders] Re: embedding swf fonts > Hi guys, > some few clarifications are needed IMO here, to cleal up the sceen. > > First, a simple googling about Akzidenz-Grotesk BE: "Download > Akzidenz-Grotesk BE Volume, provided on Fonts.com from Berthold. > Akzidenz-Grotesk BE Volume is available in OpenType, PostScript for Windows, > ..." . > So dear Muzak, Akzidenz-Grotesk doesn't mean ".. "(AkzidenzGroteskBE -MdIt)" > means that you do not have the font installed ..", > but is another font (AkzidenzGroteskBE -MdIt = medium italic) from the font > foundry of Berthold!! > > Second, as written: "I was given the .swf from a person who has the font on > their system, so shouldn't one be able to 'extract' > the fonts by name and use them into a project?". > This action constitutes direct violation of copyrights for whatever this > means to anyone these days! > > And then: "If not, then - other than file size - what's the point of > distributing fonts in a .swf?". > This statement is wrong! You don't use SWF files to distribute fonts (?). > Rather you embed fonts in the SWF for a number of > different reasons, like rotating text for one...! > > Hope this information is somehow usefull. > Thanks > George
