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I think mini-7 is bitmap, you can find on Google or
link below. uni 05_53 is a ttf, though, so ingore him. He's a
cool looking pixel font.
Saffron is the font rendering engine Flash Player
8+ uses. I don't know when the hell they started calling it
"FlashType"; my guess it's a marketing attempt to add a positive ring to Flash
usage for Flex. :: shrugs ::
Sounds to me you want bitmap fonts, or fonts that
are aliased. If you see the defaults.css file, you can see Flex uses
Verdana. If you want, go copy some of those global settings, and try them
in your CSS, but use a different font.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2006 7:44 PM
Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Are there any good flash fonts that will
work well in flex
Sorry Jesse, but I didnt quite understand what you were
saying.
is mini-7 a font? Where can I find it? Same for uni
05_53?
And I assume saffron is a truetype font and you are saying even
though it is a truetype font that it works really well in small type. Is that
right?
Hank.
On 7/18/06, JesterXL
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I believe you are correct; advanced anti-alias
only works on embedded fonts.
If you don't embed the fonts, however, there is
no guarentee the user has them, thus they can't be seen unless you embed
them.
If you are looking for small fonts, yeah man, I'd
stick with bitmap fonts, like mini-7; he's pretty cool, or uni 05_53.
Still, Saffron does work on smaller fonts better than Flash 7's "small type",
so not really a need for bitmap fonts unless you want to port your style to
Flash Lite later on. Besides, you can turn off the advanced anti-alising
if you don't like it on a specific control.
I couldn't get Machine gun to work because he's
an otf (Open Type Font), but Skannerz looks hot.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2006 4:37 PM
Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Are there any good flash fonts that will
work well in flex
I have experimented extensively with fonts in flash 8 and in
flex and while they look better than flash 7, there is nothing like pixel
fonts for interface. Of course also probably a lot is dependent on the
specific true type font. I would imagine that some work better than others,
but I am not satisfied with what I have been seeing, hence the desire for some
crispness. By the way, I dont think advanced anit-alias works on device fonts,
only embedded.
But thanks for the font references. Have you tried any
of these in flex?
Regards
Hank
On 7/18/06, JesterXL <
[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:
Keep in mind Flash Player 9 supports Flash
Player 8's new Saffron font engine. So, if you embed the font in your
CSS, you can use the mofo, and she'll look hot. Don't forget to turn
advanced anti-aliasing on. I believe Flex 2 utilizes _sans; which is
basically Verdana (device font). Anyone confirm / deny?
Here's some good fonts:
Careful... you can't buy just
one...
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Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2006 4:01 PM
Subject: [flexcoders] Are there any good flash fonts that will
work well in flex
One of the key things to defining an apps look and feel is
fonts. But I find that truetype fonts just dont come out looking as good as
flex's built in bitmap font. But I really dont want to look like every other
application. In flash I know there are companies that sell great fonts, but
I am wondering if anyone has anyone has any specific experience because
working with some of the fonts I am familiar with you had to be careful to,
for example, always specify one font size.
Anyway, any
recomendations would be appreciated.
Hank
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