Hi Rick, Thanks a lot for your time. ^^
I was thinking the same thing, padding to the textWidth calculation, but I didn't want to do it immediately because a)it looks troublesome, and b)I feel like I'm just missing something. Anyway, thanks for confirming. Greatly appreciate it. :) Renz --- In [email protected], "Rick Winscot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Renz, > > > > I took a look at the font you sent - and the metrics looks fine. I created a > simple app; embedded font, text area and three paragraphs of "lorem ipsum." > I was able to duplicate your findings easily with every font with all three > justifications. I then ran a series of tests with some other fonts and found > that even fixed width fonts had similar issues. It's much less pronounced - > but it is still a problem. I then checked the Adobe bug-base and found a > scad of entries that had to deal with embedded fonts getting cropped. > > > > https://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/SDK-15194 > > https://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/SDK-2752 > > https://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/SDK-3974 > > > > I think that this is one to turn over to Adobe. It's obvious that there is > either a problem in the player or flex framework with character advancement > calculation. The only way around this would be to intercept/override the > width calculation of the text and add a 10px padding. and hope for the best. > I apologize for the lack of 'good news.' > > > > Rick Winscot > > > > > > > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of renzeullo > Sent: Sunday, April 13, 2008 10:10 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Embedded Fonts and Text Alignment problem in Text > control > > > > Hi Rick, > > Thanks for taking time to check on this. :). I have sent the > misbehaving font to your email ([EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:rwinscot%40yahoo.com> , correct?). > > I am leaning towards believing that this is a problem with the width > values that the fonts are passing to flex. I just don't have an idea > on how to check on it. :( > > Thanks in advance. > > Renz > > @Alex: Thanks too. I appreciate the help. :) > > --- In [email protected] <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> , > "Rick Winscot" <rick.winscot@> > wrote: > > > > Renz - you say that Courier New works ok? This is a fixed width > font. which > > has me wondering if this has something to do with how the font > packages are > > generated. If in the process - each characters advancement is getting > > ignored/cheated/mangled one would expect to see something similar to > your > > screen captures. Can you send me one of your .ttf that is > misbehaving? I'd > > like to generate the embed on my machine and examine the glyph > metrics. > > > > > > > > Rick Winscot > > > > > > > > > > > > From: [email protected] <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > [mailto:[email protected] <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> ] > On > > Behalf Of Alex Harui > > Sent: Friday, April 11, 2008 11:57 PM > > To: [email protected] <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > > Subject: RE: [flexcoders] Re: Embedded Fonts and Text Alignment > problem in > > Text control > > > > > > > > Unfortunately, I don't have the time to do any further analysis. Please > > file a bug with your test cases. > > > > > > > > Font rendering is sensitive to variances in how the font is described vs > > what the glyph data actually dictates. Common fonts shouldn't have this > > problem, but you never know. There are several rendering > adjustments you > > can make like antiAliasType and gridFitType. Maybe those will help. > > > > > > > > -Alex > > > > > > > > _____ > > > > From: [email protected] <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > [mailto:[email protected] <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> ] > On > > Behalf Of renzeullo > > Sent: Friday, April 11, 2008 8:33 PM > > To: [email protected] <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > > Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Embedded Fonts and Text Alignment problem > in Text > > control > > > > > > > > Hi Alex, > > > > Thank you very much for the help. > > > > Yes, there was a reflow when the textField.width is adjusted. Please > > check the images below for reference. I also tried it using different > > fonts. First image is using regular mx:Text, second image is using the > > modified code adding 10 to textField.width. > > > > Also, notice that some of the truncated text has bits of the truncated > > parts separated from them and gets rendered a few pixels to the right > > of the border, but its still not the entirety of the truncated parts. > > > > Verdana > > http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k155/ernieldiaz/Verdana_no_adjust.jpg > > http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k155/ernieldiaz/Verdana_10.jpg > > > > Arial > > http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k155/ernieldiaz/Arial_no_adjust.jpg > > http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k155/ernieldiaz/Arial_10.jpg > > > > Courier New > > http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k155/ernieldiaz/Courier_no_adjust.jpg > > http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k155/ernieldiaz/Courier_10.jpg > > > > Helvetica > > > http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k155/ernieldiaz/Helvetica_no_adjust.jpg > > http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k155/ernieldiaz/Helvetica_10.jpg > > > > Times New Roman > > http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k155/ernieldiaz/TNR_no_adjust.jpg > > http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k155/ernieldiaz/TNR_10.jpg > > > > Georgia > > http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k155/ernieldiaz/Georgia_no_adjust.jpg > > http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k155/ernieldiaz/Georgia_10.jpg > > > > It seems to not happen with Verdana and Courier New. But I also > > noticed a highlighting problem that happens with Verdana nonetheless. > > Screenshot is found below. It seems that I cannot fully highlight the > > last character on the line if it reaches the border. In the picture, I > > highlighted "ation of classes, one", but only half of the "e" in "one" > > is highlighted. If I copy and paste the text into notepad, it only > > pastes "ation of classes, on". > > > > Highlighting problem > > http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k155/ernieldiaz/highlight_problem.jpg > > > > The highlighting problem is not observed when using Courier New. > > > > Do you think the problem is with the calculation of > > textField.textWidth? Any way to solve it? > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > Renz > > > > --- In [email protected] <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> , > > "Alex Harui" <aharui@> wrote: > > > > > > Try embedding verdana to see if you're having this problem with all > > > fonts or just Helvetica. > > > > > > > > > > > > Your code looks right. When you made the adjustment, did the text > > > reflow and cut off different characters? > > > > > > > > > > > > Maybe you can post a simple test case. > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > > > From: [email protected] <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > > [mailto:[email protected] <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> ] > > On > > > Behalf Of renzeullo > > > Sent: Friday, April 11, 2008 12:36 AM > > > To: [email protected] <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > > > Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Embedded Fonts and Text Alignment problem in > > > Text control > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi Alex, > > > > > > The truncated text looks like this: > > > > http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k155/ernieldiaz/embedded_font_truncati > > > on.jpg > > > > <http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k155/ernieldiaz/embedded_font_truncat > > > ion.jpg> > > > > > > The text uses an embedded Helvetica font. The first paragraph is left > > > aligned and is rendered correctly. The succeeding paragraphs are > > > centered, right aligned, and justified. They have problems when the > > > text reaches the right border. > > > > > > Any help is appreciated. Thanks in advance. > > > > > > Renz > > > > > > --- In [email protected] <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > > <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > > > , "renzeullo" <renzeullo@> wrote: > > > > > > > > Hi Alex, > > > > > > > > Thanks for the reply. I tried your suggestion, but it doesn't > seem to > > > > be working. Am I doing it correctly? Code is: > > > > > > > > ... > > > > ... > > > > public class Text extends mx.controls.Text > > > > { > > > > public function text(){ > > > > super(); > > > > } > > > > > > > > override protected function updateDisplayList(unscaledWidth:Number, > > > > unscaledHeight:Number):void { > > > > super.updateDisplayList(unscaledWidth, unscaledHeight); > > > > textField.width += 10; > > > > } > > > > } > > > > > > > > I've tried adding integers from 2 to 20, but still does not seem to > > > > have any effect. > > > > > > > > Any help is appreciated. Thanks in advance. > > > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > Renz > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected] > <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > > > <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> , "Alex Harui" <aharui@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Subclass Text and widen the TextField. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > > > > > > > From: [email protected] > <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > > > > > <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > > > [mailto:[email protected] <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > > <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > > <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > > > ] On > > > > > Behalf Of renzeullo > > > > > Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2008 4:08 AM > > > > > To: [email protected] <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > > <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > > <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > > > > > > > > Subject: [flexcoders] Embedded Fonts and Text Alignment problem in > > > Text > > > > > control > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > > > Im having a problem with right, center, and justify alignment in a > > > > > text control using embedded fonts. The last character in the > line is > > > > > not shown in full if it touches the right border of the control. > > > > > > > > > > I have an html-formatted text which I feed into Text.htmlText. The > > > > > html-formatted text is taken from a RichTextEditor control. I > > > > > substiture the font names inside the html <font> tags with the > > > aliases > > > > > I assign to the embedded fonts. But when it renders in the Text > > > > > control, the character that touches the right border gets cut in > > > half. > > > > > > > > > > This happens with variable sized fonts like Arial. Fixed sized > fonts > > > > > like Courier New gets generated without problems. > > > > > > > > > > Anybody know of any solution? > > > > > > > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > > > > > > > Renz > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
