Here is a simple app that shows this problem. I'd be glad to send you my TTF file if you need it in order to reproduce the problem.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"; layout="absolute" creationComplete="init()"> <mx:Style> @font-face { src: url("../assets/Barbedor-Regular.ttf"); fontFamily: "Barbedor"; } .myFont{fontFamily:"Barbedor";} </mx:Style> <mx:Script> <![CDATA[ private function init():void { txt.htmlText="<FONT FACE='Barbedor' SIZE='72'>Éloïse</FONT>"; } ]]> </mx:Script> <mx:TextArea styleName="myFont" id="txt" top="25" left="0" width="500" height="500" editable="false" selectable="false" verticalScrollPolicy="off" horizontalScrollPolicy="off"/> </mx:Application> --- In [email protected], "Alex Harui" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Can you create a simple test case? > > > > ________________________________ > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of toofah_gm > Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2007 8:49 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [flexcoders] Problems with European characters in embedded fonts > > > > I am embedding TTF fonts into my application. We have included most > of the European character sets in these fonts. > > Now the problem. The fonts show up correctly in MS Office and other > windows applications. But when some of the European characters are > typed into my Flex application, the "top" portion of some of the > European characters is shifted to the right. I wish I could show a > picture of this. This includes things like Diaeresis, Acute, > Circumflex, etc. > > An example word is: Éloïse > In this word, the marks above the "É" and the "ï" are shifted to the > right so that the markings end up almost above the "l" and the "s" > characters. > > This only seems to be a problem with the Flex app. The problem is not > seen with the same TTF files in all other apps. > > Does anybody know what might be happening here? Am I missing some > simple option when embedding the fonts into my app? My embed > statements look like this: > [Embed(source="assets/Opus-BoldItalic.ttf", fontName="Opus", > fontWeight="bold", fontStyle="italic")] > > Could there be a problem with the TTF files themselves? Is there a > setting that might be causing this? > > Thanks for your help! >
