I just tried to dynamically load a font at runtime, and the results are
not too promising.
For other's benefits, here is what I did:
- Created an AS3 project and generated a SWF (SymbolEmbed.swf) with the
Symbol font embedded.
- Verified the font is available in the SWF via Font.enumerateFonts();
- Loaded SymbolEmbed.swf into a Flex app using the Loader class,
following instructions to keep the SWF's on the same applicationDomain.
- Checked if the font is available to the Flex app, it is not.
Please let me know if anyone has any ideas,
-Daniel
Code: AS3 project with embedded font.
-------------------
public class SymbolInclude extends Sprite
{
public function SymbolInclude()
{
[Embed(systemFont='Symbol', fontName='mySymbol',
mimeType='application/x-font')]
var myFont:Class;
trace("here in SymbolInclude");
var fontList : Array = Font.enumerateFonts();
for ( var i:String in fontList )
{
trace("font: " + Font( fontList[i] ).fontName);
}
}
}
Code: Loader code in Flex app.
-------------------------------------------
<mx:Script>
<![CDATA[
private var ldr:Loader;
private function onInit() : void
{
showFonts();
var context:LoaderContext = new LoaderContext();
//context.securityDomain = SecurityDomain.currentDomain;
context.applicationDomain =
ApplicationDomain.currentDomain;
ldr = new Loader();
ldr.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener( Event.COMPLETE,
onLoaderComplete );
ldr.load( new URLRequest( "SymbolInclude.swf"), context );
}
private function onLoaderComplete(e:Event) : void
{
trace("onLoaderComplete: ");
showFonts();
}
public function showFonts():void {
trace("showFonts()");
var fontList : Array = Font.enumerateFonts();
for ( var i:String in fontList )
{
trace("font: " + Font( fontList[i] ).fontName);
}
}
]]>
</mx:Script>
Daniel Freiman wrote:
>
> I have this question too but it hasn't reached the top of my to-do
> list yet. What I'm hoping is that is that you can embed a font in a
> swf and then load that swf at runtime using a swfloader.
>
> On 8/28/06, *Daniel Wabyick* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:
>
> Hey guys,
>
> Is there any way to include a font at runtime using Flex 2? There
> was a
> weird hack that works in Flash 8 where you load a movie that loads an
> RSL. Does anything like this work in Flex 2 ?
>
> Thanks,
> -Daniel
>
>
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