[Flashcoders] possible to create faux bold using meta [Embed] statement?

2010-03-26 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
hey guys does anyone know if there is a way of using faux fontstyle (italic for me) using a font that has been [Embed]'ed. my DynamicFonts class uses the setup suggested by colin moock - i've tried embedding the font with fontStyle = italic but as that isn't part of the font, it errors out. am

Re: [Flashcoders] possible to create faux bold using meta [Embed] statement?

2010-03-26 Thread Glen Pike
Hi, You probably have to embed the italic font file - I don't have Helvetica, but in my windows font's folder there is an italic version of my Arial font called ARIALI.TTF Glen allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com) wrote: hey guys does anyone know if there is a way of using faux

Re: [Flashcoders] possible to create faux bold using meta [Embed] statement?

2010-03-26 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
hey glen i'm not using helvetica, it's actually a custom cut of bryant with no italic variant. I just didn't know if there was a way i could make it faux italic (like the designer has in photoshop - sigh) with css / actionscript a On 26 March 2010 12:42, Glen Pike g...@engineeredarts.co.uk

Re: [Flashcoders] possible to create faux bold using meta [Embed] statement?

2010-03-26 Thread Glen Pike
Typical designers giving you fonts that won't work outside of photoshop, grr, had that problem in the past and got told off for telling an esteemed designer that their font sucked ;) allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com) wrote: hey glen i'm not using helvetica, it's actually a custom cut

Re: [Flashcoders] possible to create faux bold using meta [Embed] statement?

2010-03-26 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
lol - we've made an accord and switched to the body copy font (helvetica) which does have an italic font thanks for the input and the chuckles a On 26 March 2010 12:51, Glen Pike g...@engineeredarts.co.uk wrote: Typical designers giving you fonts that won't work outside of photoshop, grr,