Hello Ralf, watching this thread - I've just learned how to build swfmill for win32 myself, and while playing with the new build I noticed this 'new fonts being antialiased by default' thing, and for my needs I'd probably like to turn it off (the result is blurry) - is that possible?
Mike RF> Sorry for the late answer, but I was very busy last week. RF> The fonts imported by swfmill are anti-aliased. But the result, RF> especially for small font sizes, might be more blurry. This is related RF> to the DefineFont3 Tag you mentioned. RF> I'm not sure when a new release will be made, but I hope it happens RF> soon. Perhaps even this year ;). RF> You can download a current swfmill win32 build from: RF> http://pep-mp.de/swfmill/swfmill-0.2.12.6-win32.zip RF> Ralf >> I’ve tried to read as much as I can from the archives about font >> support in swfmill. I’m unclear on the latest status of what is >> supported and not in the 0.2.12 release and any newer builds in SVN ? >> >> I’m trying to find out if having a font appear anti-aliased when >> you’ve imported it using swfmill is supported and is this related to >> defineFont3 tag being supported? >> >> >> >> My usage scenario is the following: >> >> >> >> I start with a swf , say template.swf, that does not embed assets or >> fonts but refers to them in actionscript assuming they’ll be put there >> when we compile it with swfmill. >> >> >> >> I have a basic mov.xml file that looks like: >> >> >> >> <movie version="8" width="550" height="400" framerate="30"> >> >> <background color="#ffffff"/> >> >> <frame> >> >> <library> >> >> <clip id="one_mc" import="library/someimage.jpg" /> >> >> <clip id="logo_mc" import="library/somelogo.swf" /> >> >> <font name="franklin" import="C:\Windows\Fonts\FRAMDCN.TTF" >> glyphs="ABCDEF”/> >> >> </library> >> >> <clip id="template" import="template.swf" /> >> >> <place id="template"/> >> >> </frame> >> >> </movie> >> >> >> >> I then compile that with >> >> >> >> swfmill simple mov.xml new.swf >> >> >> >> put it back to xml with: >> >> >> >> swfmill swf2xml new.swf new.xml >> >> >> >> I do some text replacement in the xml and finally make the swf I want >> with: >> >> >> >> swfmill xml2swf new.xml final.swf >> >> >> >> Because of sizing constraints on the final swf, I need to only put in >> the glyphs I need dynamically which is why I want to have swfmill >> import the font. >> >> >> >> I saw where Ralf mentioned working on DefineFont3 support back in Sept >> 2007 and I haven’t been able to tell whether that is in the latest >> released version or any SVN version ? >> >> >> >> Is defineFont3 support what I would need in order for my final.swf to >> display the font anti-aliased ? >> >> I notice now that the xml created puts it in a defineFont2 tag. >> >> >> >> Also, if I want to access it from action script code, is the following >> correct , especially the XXX part if I put <font name=”XXX” ….. /> in >> the mov.xml I used to import it? >> >> >> >> var tfmt:TextFormat = new TextFormat("XXX", 10); >> _root.createTextField("tf", _root.getNextHighestDepth()); >> var tf:TextField = _root.tf; >> tf.setTextFormat(tfmt); >> tf.setNewTextFormat(tfmt); >> tf.embedFonts = true; >> >> >> >> Thanks for any status and help! J >> >> Lynn >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ______________________________________________________________________ >> This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the >> addressee and may contain information that is privileged and >> confidential. If the reader of the message is not the intended >> recipient or an authorized representative of the intended recipient, >> you are hereby notified that any dissemination of this communication >> is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in >> error, please notify us immediately by e-mail and delete the message >> and any attachments from your system. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> swfmill mailing list >> swfmill@osflash.org >> http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/swfmill_osflash.org RF> _______________________________________________ RF> swfmill mailing list RF> swfmill@osflash.org RF> http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/swfmill_osflash.org -- Best regards, Michael mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ swfmill mailing list swfmill@osflash.org http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/swfmill_osflash.org
