Sometimes I feel like I am talking to myself, answering my own questions. :)
This time I don't have any answers yet. There seems to be a BUG in flex with the way that it handles European characters in embedded fonts. Can anyone confirm this? I wonder if I need to write up a bug. Anyway, you can see my simple code below and try this out with any of the fonts found in windows. I just tried Arial.ttf myself. In Arial the marking of the "i" character of Eloise is shifted, but the one of the "E" does not shift. I also noticed that the Arial font does not look "clean" at all. I had noticed this on my own fonts when they were blown up large, but had thought that this was a problem with my fonts. Look at the "round" characters in the word Eloise. You will notice that the "o" is cut off a little on the outside and padded a little on the inside. You also see this on the "e". If you use the same font in MS Word you will notice that this does not happen. Am I going crazy, or is there a problem in Flex here? Thanks! Gary --- In [email protected], "toofah_gm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Has anyone been able to reproduce this problem with my sample code? I > can send my TTF file if that would help. > > Thanks! > > --- In [email protected], "toofah_gm" <garym@> wrote: > > > > 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" <aharui@> 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! > > > > > >
