Oops, well I just realized one thing that was an issue. I wasn't
adding the StyleSheetText in the AS class as a child to the component
until after setting the htmlText, which I guess is why the textField
property wasn't instantiated yet?
I changed the code to:
/* --- SomeOtherComponent.as v2 --- */
public class SomeOtherComponent extends Canvas {
...
private var txt:StyleSheetText;
...
/**
* Function which tries to add the StyleSheetText component.
*/
public function addText():void {
txt = new StyleSheetText();
addChild(txt);
with(txt) {
styleName = "someOtherStyleNameImUsingForThisComponent";
htmlText = "this text is <span='bolded'>not</span> appearing to
be bold!";
x = 100;
y = 150;
}
//addChild(txt);
}
}
/* === SomeOtherComponent.as v2 === */
But now only the word not is appearing, and none of the style from the
styleName has been applied to the other text (I assume that's why I
can't see it, since it's an embedded font?)
Getting closer, but could still use another suggestion.
--- In [email protected], "aicfan4" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Warning, this is long, but please help if you can!
>
> Okay, so I have the bold font correctly embedded in a SWF. The
> problem was that the bold font is a different fontFamily than the
> non-bold font (the normal and italic font I was embedded, indeed does
> not have a corresponding bold font).
>
> So I'm using the htmlText property of a Text component and my normal
> text and text wrapped in <code><i>...</i></code> is displaying
> properly as normal and italicized text, respectively.
>
> I want text wrapped in <code><b>...</b></code> to appear in bold
> correctly, even though it is a different fontFamily than the normal
> and italic text.
>
> I was able to use two different families in the same text field using
> the styleSheet property of UITextField and CSS as follows (had to
> extend Text in order to access the textField property):
>
> /* --- fonts.css --- */
>
> @font-face {
> src: url("assets/symbols.swf");
> fontFamily: "Franklin Gothic Medium Cond";
> fontWeight: bold;
> }
>
> @font-face {
> src: url("assets/IT345___.ttf");
> fontFamily: FranklinGothicBook;
> }
>
> StyleSheetText {
> fontFamily: FranklinGothicBook;
> }
>
> /* === fonts.css === */
>
> /* --- StyleSheetText.mxml --- */
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
> <mx:Text xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"; initialize="init();">
>
> <mx:Script>
> <![CDATA[
>
> import flash.text.StyleSheet;
>
> private function init():void {
> var style:StyleSheet = new StyleSheet();
> style.setStyle(".bolded", {fontFamily: "Franklin Gothic Medium
> Cond", fontWeight: "bold"});
> textField.styleSheet = style;
> }
>
> ]]>
> </mx:Script>
>
> </mx:Text>
>
> /* === StyleSheetText.mxml === */
>
> /* --- TestFont.mxml --- */
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
> <mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml";
> xmlns:cust="*"
> creationComplete="init();">
>
> <mx:Script>
> <![CDATA[
>
> private function init():void {
> txt_html.htmlText = "something is <span
> class='bolded'>bolded</span> in this text!";
> }
>
> ]]>
> </mx:Script>
>
> <cust:StyleSheetText id="txt_html" />
>
> </mx:Application>
>
> /* === TestFont.mxml === */
>
> The above code works to correctly display the bolded font. However,
> in my project I'm trying to do this in, if I try to create the an
> instance of the StyleSheetText component in an AS class (instead of an
> MXML class) the bold font will not appear. Something like:
>
> /* --- SomeOtherComponent.as --- */
>
> public class SomeOtherComponent extends Canvas {
>
> ...
>
> private var txt:StyleSheetText;
>
> ...
>
> /**
> * Function which tries to add the StyleSheetText component.
> */
> public function addText():void {
> txt = new StyleSheetText();
> with(txt) {
> styleName = "someOtherStyleNameImUsingForThisComponent";
> htmlText = "this text is <span='bolded'>not</span> appearing to
> be bold!";
> x = 100;
> y = 150;
> }
> addChild(txt);
> }
>
> }
>
> /* === SomeOtherComponent.as === */
>
> I narrowed the problem down from here to being that the textField
> wasn't properly instantiated yet by the time htmlText is being set, so
> I tried moving the logic that sets the StyleSheet into an override of
> htmlText in the StyleSheetText, and using a timer to make sure it was
> not null:
>
> /* --- StyleSheetText.mxml v2 --- */
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
> <mx:Text xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml";>
>
> <mx:Script>
> <![CDATA[
>
> import flash.events.TimerEvent;
> import flash.text.StyleSheet;
> import flash.utils.Timer;
>
> private function ticked(evt:TimerEvent):void {
> if(textField) {
> (evt.target as Timer).stop();
>
> /* i'm not really duplicating this code,
> * style is made in a Singleton somewhere else,
> * but don't wanna clutter this post with another class
> */
>
> var style:StyleSheet = new StyleSheet();
> style.setStyle(".bolded", {fontFamily: "Franklin Gothic
> Medium Cond", fontWeight: "bold"});
>
> textField.styleSheet = style;
> }
> }
>
> override public function set htmlText(value:String):void {
> super.htmlText = value;
>
> var style:StyleSheet = new StyleSheet();
> style.setStyle(".bolded", {fontFamily: "Franklin Gothic Medium
> Cond", fontWeight: "bold"});
>
> if(textField)
> textField.styleSheet = style;
> else {
> var tmr:Timer = new Timer(300);
> tmr.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, ticked);
> tmr.start();
> }
> }
> ]]>
> </mx:Script>
>
> </mx:Text>
>
> /* === StyleSheetText.mxml v2 === */
>
> However, it's still not working. It appears to work when I use the
> StyleSheetText in an MXML component and use databinding to set the
> htmlText property as well as setting the styleName, but this doesn't
> screw it up and the bold properly displays.
>
> Only when I use it in the AS class does it screw up.
>
> Anyone have any ideas please?
>
>
> --- In [email protected], "Daniel Freiman" <FreimanCQ@> wrote:
> >
> > If you're sure you have the correct file and filename for the font
file,
> > then I'd focus on getting the font embeded in and fla file, because
> if all
> > else fails, embeding the font in an FLA should work. What didn't
> work about
> > the fla method?
> >
> > Dan Freiman
> > nondocs <http://nondocs.blogspot.com>
> >
> > On 5/14/07, aicfan4 <gjastrab.dev@> wrote:
> > >
> > > I'm embedding a font (Franklin Gothic) via CSS in an
> application, but
> > > the associated bold font will not embed properly. The italic version
> > > will also embed correctly. In C:\WINDOWS\Fonts the normal font is
> > > listed as "FranklinGotCdITCTT" (filename IT345___.ttf), the italic
> > > font is "FranklinGotCdITC BookItalic" (filename IT347___.ttf),
and the
> > > bold font is "FranklinGotCdMdITCTT" (filename IT348___.ttf).
> > >
> > > My CSS (which correctly works for just the normal and italic
> fonts) is:
> > >
> > > @font-face {
> > > src: url("assets/IT345___.ttf");
> > > fontFamily: FranklinGothicBook;
> > > }
> > > @font-face {
> > > src: url("assets/IT347___.ttf");
> > > fontFamily: FranklinGothicBook;
> > > fontStyle: italic;
> > > }
> > >
> > > All text controls in the application have the font set in the CSS
> like:
> > >
> > > [Class or stylename] {
> > > fontFamily: FranklinGothicBook;
> > > }
> > >
> > > and not explicitly setting different fontFamily names since the text
> > > controls are set using the htmlText property so that <i>...</i> and
> > > <b>...</b> tags will control the bolding/italicizing.
> > >
> > > When I try to embed the bold font using:
> > >
> > > @font-face {
> > > src: url("assets/IT348___.ttf");
> > > fontFamily: FranklinGothicBook;
> > > fontWeight: bold;
> > > }
> > >
> > > I get the following compilation error:
> > >
> > > --- Error ---
> > >
> > > Error: exception during transcoding: Font for alias
> > > 'FranklinGothicBook' with bold weight was not found at [path to
> > > IT348___.ttf]
> > >
> > > @font-face {
> > >
> > > Error: unable to build font 'FranklinGothicBook'
> > >
> > > @font-face {
> > >
> > > === Error ===
> > >
> > > I tried embedding the Font in a FLA and setting it as a symbol to
> > > embed it, but was unsuccessful. If anyone has an idea on what to do
> > > please let me know, be it doing something to the .ttf to specify
that
> > > t is indeed bold, or embedding it via the SWF.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>
