Re: [Flashcoders] RANT: Collect Fonts Button

2006-04-14 Thread Brian Mays
On Apr 13, 2006, at 5:15 PM, clark slater wrote: Often made worse by the way that font names are handled differently in Flash than in other programs using the exact same file. I've always loved how my creative director specs out a design in Photoshop using one of many versions of Myriad,

RE: [Flashcoders] RANT: Collect Fonts Button

2006-04-14 Thread jim
: Thursday, April 13, 2006 6:16 PM To: [ExtendFlash]; [FlashCoders] Subject: [Flashcoders] RANT: Collect Fonts Button Print designers who use QuarkXpress have had an essential utility for years. They can collect all the fonts used in a project so that when passing the source file to a bureau for print

Re: [Flashcoders] RANT: Collect Fonts Button

2006-04-14 Thread Michael Bedar
PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Shaw, Matt (MTVN) Sent: 13 April 2006 23:19 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] RANT: Collect Fonts Button This would be illegal unless the fonts included a license which allowed copying them and sending them around. Unless the fonts were free

Re: [Flashcoders] RANT: Collect Fonts Button

2006-04-14 Thread clark slater
With respect to the legality, fonts may be likely candidates for piracy - but there's nothing to stop people swapping system font folders. So given that users can copy and swap font files, I really don't see the problem introducing a utility in the IDE that collects the fonts for any given

Re: [Flashcoders] RANT: Collect Fonts Button

2006-04-14 Thread Stephen Ford
I agree 100% on this issue. I have lost count as to how many times the missing font issue has come up in projects. It always stalls a project, sometimes for days (especially when one group of developers are in a different time zone on the other side of the world). Adobe/Macromedia need to

[Flashcoders] RANT: Collect Fonts Button

2006-04-13 Thread clark slater
Print designers who use QuarkXpress have had an essential utility for years. They can collect all the fonts used in a project so that when passing the source file to a bureau for print the exact same fonts are supplied along with the artwork and layout. I cannot begin to list all the times we

RE: [Flashcoders] RANT: Collect Fonts Button

2006-04-13 Thread Shaw, Matt (MTVN)
, April 13, 2006 6:16 PM To: [ExtendFlash]; [FlashCoders] Subject: [Flashcoders] RANT: Collect Fonts Button Print designers who use QuarkXpress have had an essential utility for years. They can collect all the fonts used in a project so that when passing the source file to a bureau for print

Re: [Flashcoders] RANT: Collect Fonts Button

2006-04-13 Thread clark slater
Of clark slater Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2006 6:16 PM To: [ExtendFlash]; [FlashCoders] Subject: [Flashcoders] RANT: Collect Fonts Button Print designers who use QuarkXpress have had an essential utility for years. They can collect all the fonts used in a project so that when passing the source

Re: [Flashcoders] RANT: Collect Fonts Button

2006-04-13 Thread Daniel Cardenas
... But yes, I agree that it is annoying. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of clark slater Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2006 6:16 PM To: [ExtendFlash]; [FlashCoders] Subject: [Flashcoders] RANT: Collect Fonts Button Print designers who use