On 8/12/04 5:25 PM, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> sez [EMAIL PROTECTED]: >> First, I used the word insurmountable, not trivial. Worlds apart in >> meaning and implication. > Perhaps you should think about exactly & precisely *how* non-trivial it > *is* to determine which fonts are installed on J. Random User's machine Well, we can use the fontNames function and get a list (of course it's just names, and nothing else, but at least it's *something*). > No, it isn't. It's a problem common to all who create *cross-platform > products*, REGARDLESS of whatever tool(s) they use. *Some* Rev users do that; > others are perfectly happy to ignore every platform they, themselves, don't > use. Or to assume that "close is OK". I'll bet that this covers most Rev developers unless what they are doing either (A) requires a specific font, or (B) is really concerned with exactness. For example, in many cases I have just allowed the default font to "win out", or would use my own frontscript to change the font of all the controls on a card during preOpenCard to a known (common) font. This isn't to say that there aren't issues involved - there certainly are (some additional space between controls, etc). But for the most part, since the app I'm delivering is a "business app" (i.e. contacts, calendar, etc.) for a vertical market who probably cares even less than the general public, "close is OK". >> 2) Revolution providing a mechanism for these fonts, as needed, to >> reside within the standalone and be called from there. > Door #2 looks the most promising to my eyes. I just don't know if there > are any under-the-hood "gotcha"s which might bite Rev in the ass if the engine > were tweaked to *do* this sort of thing. Well, Flash and Director do it all the time by allowing TrueType (and I believe OpenType as well) fonts to be embedded. Perhaps Rev can do the same thing? Ken Ray Sons of Thunder Software Web site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/ Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
