[Flashcoders] (revised post) textFormat, CSS, embedded fonts, dynamic font size control

2006-12-01 Thread Marc Hoffman
[I'm revising and re-sending this as I'm not sure this reached the list, and I've answered some of my own questions. -Marc] I'm working on an all-Flash site that will use a single swf to display many pages of information about manufactured products. Regarding text functionality, I'm not sure

Re: [Flashcoders] (revised post) textFormat, CSS, embedded fonts, dynamic font size control

2006-12-01 Thread Jim Kremens
#2: The issue is that if I use CSS rather than TextFormat, the embedded fonts aren't accessed by Flash, so the font must reside on the user's system, which is no good. This is not true. I've used CSS and embedded fonts lots of times. You should be able to find plenty of examples by Googling. A

Re: [Flashcoders] (revised post) textFormat, CSS, embedded fonts, dynamic font size control

2006-12-01 Thread Marc Hoffman
Hi Jim, Thanks so much for the reply. I'll have to double-check my tests -- I embedded the fonts (as you suggested) in offstage textfields. Then I designated the font face and other attributes in CSS, loaded the CSS into a style, and attached the style to an onstage textfield (or some such