Comments on: Embedding fonts in AS3

By: Saraiva

Saraiva — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:52:15 +0000

What’s the purpose of _arial_str ?

By: Ali

Ali — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 12:24:55 +0000

Great information on embedding the fonts by code for TextField.

Now that we are talking about TextField class, just thought to introduce you a brand new technology named TextArea that is extended from the original TextField class from Adobe which allows you every possible tags even your own custom tags that I thought it might be useful to know for all of us as flash devs

Check out http://doitflash.com/ for more information.
It not only allows you to load different SWF files by calling different tags but also you have much more control over your Text blocks and its contents… such as calling your custom functions right from your text blocks and passing multiple and different arguments through them; loading talking avatars, video players, buttons, slideshows and more… by calling their own tags and having full interaction between all of the loaded SWF modules and your text block. Check out the site for more information, downloading the platform is free of charge

By: Ricardo

Ricardo — Thu, 20 May 2010 17:52:48 +0000

Hi!

I have a doubt in this part:

‘source=”C:\WINDOWS\Fonts….’

What about Linux and MAC OS?

By: Poznámky « web-goodies

Poznámky « web-goodies — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 09:04:12 +0000

[...] http://www.tink.ws/blog/embedding-fonts-in-as3/ Embedding fonts in AS3 I love this! … library, be-gone! package { � import flash.util.describeType; import flash.display.MovieClip; import flash.display.TextField; import flash.text.TextFormat; import flash.text.AntiAliasType; � � � public class Test extends MovieClip { � � � � � � � � // be sure this is pointing to a ttf font in your hardrive � � � � � [Embed(source="C:WINDOWSFontssomefont.ttf", fontFamily="foo")] � � � � � public var bar:String; � � � � � � � � � � � � � public function Test() { � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � var format:TextFormat� = new TextFormat(); � � � � � � � � � format.font� � � � � � � � = “foo”; � � � � � � � � � format.color� � � � � � � � � � � � � � � = 0xFFFFFF; � � � � � � � � � format.size� � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � = 130;� � � � � � � � � � � � � � var label:TextField� � � � � � � � = new TextField(); � � � � � � � � � label.embedFonts� � � � � � � � � � � = true; � � � � � � � � � label.autoSize� � � � � � � � � � � � � = TextFieldAutoSize.LEFT; � � � � � � � � � label.antiAliasType� � � � � � � � = AntiAliasType.ADVANCED; � � � � � � � � � label.defaultTextFormat� � � � = format; � � � � � � � � � label.text� � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � = “Hello World!”; � � � � � � � � � addChild(label); � � � � � � } � � � } } [...]

By: one giant media

one giant media — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 08:17:32 +0000

this way works for me with FlashDevelop + FlexSDK (pure AS3)

http://onegiantmedia.com/as3—dynamic-text-with-embedded-font-for-nice-smooth-text–animation-rotation-alpha-fading-etc

By: MeltedMoon

MeltedMoon — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 11:06:51 +0000

Hi guys! i am really really confused about this. Actually i have a main flash movie which have some Fonts embedded in it in library. I am loading another movie in it using loadMovie function. But the problem is that my loaded/sub movie is not getting the embedded fonts of main movie.
What i do? i dont want to use Flex. is there anyway to do this? using AS2 or AS3?
Whats the problem why the sub movie unable to get embedded fonts of main movie?
thanks in advance.
Bye.

By: SiNT4X

SiNT4X — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 01:44:10 +0000

ericsoco’s tip worked great

Thanks a lot!

By: Empty Bag

Empty Bag — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 08:29:51 +0000

In AS3 in flash, here is the link on adobe live docs where we can find the only ‘clean’ way to embed fonts in AS3.

http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/quickstart/embedding_fonts/

i tried in external class to assign the textformat (with a custom font) as constructor parameter of my class but it’s inner textfield is not set the proper txt format with my custom font, but the arial one : as if in extern class scope, embedded fonts in the fla aren’t reachable … !?

By: Empty Bag

Empty Bag — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 08:28:19 +0000

In AS3 in flash, here is the link on adobe live docs where we can find the only ‘clean’ way to embed fonts in AS3.

http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/quickstart/embedding_fonts/

i tried in external class to assign the textformat (with a custom) font as constructor parameter of my class but it’s inner textfield is not set the proper txt format with my custom font, but the arial one : as if in extern class scope, embedded fonts in the fla aren’t reachable … !?

By: kj

kj — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 10:20:33 +0000

What’s the purpose of _arial_str ?