You might take a look at this, too. HYPERLINK "http://www.minifonts.com/tips.html"http://www.minifonts.com/tips.html The second major topic on the page deals with using pixel fonts with Flash.
_____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ary Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2007 2:03 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [flexcoders] pixel font [old] issue Thanks Jon! i wil try that... ary --- Jon Bradley <HYPERLINK "mailto:jbradley%40postcentral.com"[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Search archives. Another embedding fonts thread was > discussed up > about a week ago ("Embed Flash Font" was the > subject). > > Text of my post is below, which works for all pixel > fonts I've tested > so far (provided you use the proper font size in the > Flex CSS document). > > First step is to put a dynamic text field on the > stage in Flash, set > your font for the field and choose the character(s) > you wish to > embed. Make sure the text field is set to use Bitmap > Text (whatever > the drop down is). You do not have control over the > characters after > this step, so all your embedding is done in Flash > (ie, no unicode > control in Flex CSS). > > The use of "font-weight: normal" and > "fontAntiAliasType: normal" are > necessary, from what I recall. You have no control > over this in Flex > for pixel fonts. > > The following steps are: > > ---------------------------------------------- > > 1. Don't name the embedded font in the Flash 8 swf > file the same as > the system font. > > 2. Open the Flash 8 SWF back up into Flash 8 IDE (or > CS3 IDE). When > you do that, do a list variables - Debug > List > Variables. Make note > of the 'exported' font name that Flash used for the > font. That name > is what you'll use in Flex. > > For example, on using a pixel font (Kroeger 05_56), > I exported the > Flash 8 SWF file, the embedded symbol name ended up > as "kroeger > 05_56_8pt_st"-. And in Flex, I used this in the CSS > as follows: > > @font-face { > src: url(../fonts/-Kroeger.swf) ; > fontFamily: "kroeger 05_56_8pt_st"-; > font-weight: normal; > } > > And defining the usage of that font, recognizing > that in this case > it's a pixel font and doesn't use the advanced anti > aliasing.... > > .assetInfoTitle > { > color:#666666; > fontFamily: "kroeger 05_56_8pt_st"-; > font-weight: normal; > fontSize: 8; > fontAntiAliasType: normal; > } > > Hopefully that will get you on your way. > > best, > > Jon > > > > > On Sep 22, 2007, at 3:56 PM, Ary wrote: > > > yes i try both already ...embeding .ttf files and > make > > a dynamic text on swf file, i choose embeding > dynamic > > text ,embedding ttf doesnt work at all, while > > embedding swf is working, but blurred text, i > define > > normal,italic and bold in font face already...i > even > > got fontantialiastype set to advanced rather than > > normal (i get it from a site, although it still > > blurred). > > > > ____________-_________-_________-_________-_________-_________-_ Tonight's top picks. What will you watch tonight? Preview the hottest shows on Yahoo! TV. HYPERLINK "http://tv.yahoo.com/"http://tv.yahoo.-com/ No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.13.28/1023 - Release Date: 9/22/2007 1:27 PM
