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suprexy is pretty cool.
Don't know about standards. I'd
say 11 and up, mainly because you're ensured your formatting is the same on all
platforms. I remember _sans device font not showing bold on Mac's, but
showing on PC's at 10pt size; 11 and up ensures that smaller fonts still show
formatting (at least for device fonts). I'd go as some usability dude or
hit useit.com.
Pixel fonts are popular with the
Flash Lite crowd, and others who are still using smaller fonts. Bitmap
fonts come in sizes, unlike True Type fonts which scale since they are
vector. This is nice because bitmap fonts do not anti-alias, and thus do
not get blurry like small fonts would do pre-Flash Player 7. Some fonts
are meant to be a specific size anyway, like Mini-7, so you can be assured
they'll look like they are supposd to without Flash anti-aliasing them into a
blurry mess.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2006 11:38 AM
Subject: RE: [flexcoders] Are there any good flash fonts that will
work well in flex
mini-7 is a font. you can find it at myfonts.com. uni 05_53
is also a font but it's not at myfonts.com. (i kind of like suprexy ce; any
comments on this font?) saffron is a font rendering engine, not a
font.
what i'm wondering is, is there a standard for font size in
interfaces? mini-7 is a 7 point font - it seems too small. are there any
standards / best practices in this area? i know sans-serif is a standard, just
not sure about the size.
also, why are pixel fonts better? and who would have the
best selection of them?
thanks,
kevin
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 < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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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