Re: [Flashcoders] Shared fonts : method with 2 files seems faster that method with 1 file

2006-07-12 Thread erixtekila
> Simpler than that, omit the attribute glyph of the swfmill's font tag. No, i already wrote, that i don't want to embed the whole font (this would result in +2MByte chinese characters) LOL, sorry I didn't read you before ! Best luck. --- erixtekila http://blog.v-i-a.net/ _

Re: [Flashcoders] Shared fonts : method with 2 files seems faster that method with 1 file

2006-07-12 Thread janosch
> Simpler than that, omit the attribute glyph of the swfmill's font tag. No, i already wrote, that i don't want to embed the whole font (this would result in +2MByte chinese characters) Greets, Janosch erixtekila schrieb: >> 1) You have total control over which glyphs are >> included direc

Re: [Flashcoders] Shared fonts : method with 2 files seems faster that method with 1 file

2006-07-12 Thread erixtekila
>> 1) You have total control over which glyphs are >> included directly in the Flash IDE without having to >> use a 3rd party tool like SWFmill. > Completly opposite on this. opposite to your opposite :) I wanted to embed all japanese characters of a font, how do you do this with swfmill? I don'

Re: [Flashcoders] Shared fonts : method with 2 files seems faster that method with 1 file

2006-07-12 Thread janosch
>> 1) You have total control over which glyphs are >> included directly in the Flash IDE without having to >> use a 3rd party tool like SWFmill. > Completly opposite on this. opposite to your opposite :) I wanted to embed all japanese characters of a font, how do you do this with swfmill? I don'

Re: [Flashcoders] Shared fonts : method with 2 files seems faster that method with 1 file

2006-07-12 Thread erixtekila
The shared lib isn't loaded twice. You just have to wait for a delay frame, in order to use it. That's all. Actually I'm pretty sure it does load twice but I'd be glad to hear that I'm wrong. Let me show you what I mean. Good observation, but wrong tools, IMHO. I wouldn't want to rely too much

Re: [Flashcoders] Shared fonts : method with 2 files seems faster that method with 1 file

2006-07-09 Thread David Bellerive
2- Works with faux bold and faux italic. >>> Excuse my ignorance, but what is a "faux" ? >> Fake Bold or Fake Italic, i.e. when the font itself >> doesn't include any italic or bold versions of the >> letters/glyphs. >Won't the render be ugly ? Like device fontsÂ… No. Faux bold and faux italic

Re: [Flashcoders] Shared fonts : method with 2 files seems faster that method with 1 file

2006-07-09 Thread erixtekila
2- Works with faux bold and faux italic. Excuse my ignorance, but what is a "faux" ? Fake Bold or Fake Italic, i.e. when the font itself doesn't include any italic or bold versions of the letters/glyphs. Won't the render be ugly ? Like device fonts… No faux fonts in one lib shared font techniq

Re: [Flashcoders] Shared fonts : method with 2 files seems faster that method with 1 file

2006-07-09 Thread Weyert de Boer
erixtekila wrote: 1- More control over which glyphs are included. You're right that it is possible to include only the required glyphs with swfmill. 2- Works with faux bold and faux italic. Excuse my ignorance, but what is a "faux" ? Fake Bold or Fake Italic, i.e. when the font itself doesn'

Re: [Flashcoders] Shared fonts : method with 2 files seems faster that method with 1 file

2006-07-08 Thread erixtekila
1- More control over which glyphs are included. You're right that it is possible to include only the required glyphs with swfmill. 2- Works with faux bold and faux italic. Excuse my ignorance, but what is a "faux" ? 3- This is the main reason why I'll use the 2 SWF method over the single SW

[Flashcoders] Shared fonts : method with 2 files seems faster that method with 1 file

2006-07-08 Thread David Bellerive
I've been doing some testing with sharded fonts lately because they are a key part of a project I'm working on right now. So far, here's what I've learned by searching the FlashCoders archive and reading blog posts. Shared fonts are a mess to work with. But, as of Flash Player 6.0.65.0, it's not