Embedding Fonts in AS 3.0 NOT the IDE?!?!

Hi --
I would like to include fonts in a SWF that I am building
using Flash CS3
and AS 3. I have found lots of examples online that look like
this:
[Embed(source="C:\WINDOWS\Fonts\ARIAL.TTF",
fontFamily="Arial")]
private var _arial_str:String;
However, the definition of the variable defined below the
EMBED tag varies,
sometimes its "Class", sometimes its "Font".
In any event, the font is used this way:
mytext.font = "Arial"
The problem is that this does not work for me. I have tried
the various
types mentioned above for the asset but none makes any
difference.
If I embed the font in the library of my project I can access
the font this
way:
mytext.font = new AvantGarde().fontName;
But when I try this code with the Embed tag I get different
errors at
compile time depending on how I've define the variable.
Can someone please help? It appears that the code samples I
found are for
Flex and not Flash?
I really want to be able to make this work without embedding
the fonts in
the library.
Thanks,
Rich

Hi --
I can get this to work by importing the font into the library
but isn't
there a way to do this in Flash CS3 / AS 3.0 without using
the library?
Thanks
Rich
"Rob Dillon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:glj03g$78r$[email protected]..
> Yes, the Embed code that you cited is for Flex. I'm
guessing that you are
> correctly importing the font that you want to use into
your movie's
> Library.
> When you import, be sure to set the Linkage and use a
meaningful Class
> name.
> Then, in your Actionscript, create an instance of that
font:
>
> var arialFont:Font = new Arial();
>
> The variable name can be anything that you like, of
course, the reference
> of
> the new should be the class name of the imported font,
not the font name
> as it
> was imported.
>
> Then, when you want to use the font, refer to it like
this:
>
> format1.font=arialFont.fontName;
>
> where format1 is the name of the TextFormat object that
will use the font.
> Be
> sure to set the embedFonts property of the textField to
true or the font
> embedding will fail.
>

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<s:Application xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"
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<s:Application xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"
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field I added "_arialBold". Then I hit OK. I then right clicked and
selected linkage. I checked off "Export for AS"and "Export in first
frame". In the class field I put "_arialBold". The base class was
"flash.text.Font". In the class you created, I replaced every
instance of the word "Vivacious" with "_arialBold". I added KGlads
code one line after you defined the TextFormat.
In my fla, I imported your class and then created a new
instance of your class. I ran the file... blank screen...
Help
V

Using embeded fonts in loaded swf.

I have a .Swf, which has 3 fonts embedded in it, they are all exported in frame 1 for AS. This swf loads any number of external .swfs which have dynamically generated textfields inside of them. This text must be embedded text because effects may be applied to them. I do not want to embed the three fonts into every external swf, and do not think I should have to. The font exists in the Loading swf and I have registered the fonts to the global font list. If I print this list from the loaded swf, all three fonts are present, but when I try to use any of them, my textfiels are empty.
My question is how do I utilize a font which is embedded in a swf, from a swf which has been loaded into that swf?
From my external swf, this code:
[PHP]var embeddedFonts:Array = Font.enumerateFonts(false);
embeddedFonts.sortOn("fontName", Array.CASEINSENSITIVE);
trace(embeddedFonts);[/PHP]
produces the following:
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which are the three fonts that are embedded in the loading swf, So I assume the LOADED swf has access to these fonts.
When I apply this code to the externally loaded swf:
[PHP]var FontClass:Class = getDefinitionByName("MyriadProRegular") as Class;
trace("FontClassInstance -> " + FontClass.toString());
var linkedFont: Font = new FontClass();
trace("Font name: " + linkedFont.fontName);
var textFormat: TextFormat = new TextFormat(linkedFont.fontName, 14);
//... The next lines set up the text box and apply the format. I am sure this is done correctly.
[/PHP]
I get the following output:
[PHP]FontClassInstance -> [class MyriadProRegular]
Font name: Myriad Pro[/PHP]
which is exactly what I would expect. Yet, my text box is still blank. I have embedText = true on the text box, and have applied a string to the "text" property, so it's nothing silly liek that.
Any help would be appreciated...

You may also want to look at the various embedded font format issues. Many of the Flex 4 components use a newer embedded font fortmat, which is not the same as the one generally used in Flash. So even if ther Flash font gets registered properly, it still may not work with some of the spark components.
You should be able to create a swf using Flex that contains fonts embedded in either format, which can then be used in the way you describe, though, since Flex 4 suports both font formats.
Hopefully, someone else will jump in here if I got some of this wrong.
-JM

TextFlow using an embedded font or stylename in span

I am trying to use an embedded font in a TextFlow span element in a TextArea in a custom component and it is not working. Also can you use a stylename from an ext. stylesheet? The fontFamily works if I style the TextArea itself with it, and it works as a device font in the span since it is loaded on my computer, but I need to use it as an embedded font since most users will not have it.
Thanks,
John
Below is what I tried:
<s:TextArea>
<s:textFlow>
<s:TextFlow>
<s:p>
<s:span fontFamily="threeDumbFont" fontLookup="embeddedCFF">
Everyone says the cow jumped over the moon
</s:span>
</s:p>
</s:TextFlow>
</s:textFlow>
</s:TextArea>
I have a external styleshteet for the application here is part of it that includes the font:
@font-face {
src:url("assets/fonts/3Dumb.ttf");
fontFamily: 'threeDumbFont';
fontWeight: normal;
fontStyle: normal;
embedAsCFF: true;
.logo {
fontFamily: 'threeDumbFont';
fontLookup: embeddedCFF;
fontSize: 40;
color: #ed1161;

Set fontFamily on the TextArea as well.
The rules are that all fonts in a component must be embedded in the same SWF, and the component itself must be given one of those fonts as the fontFamily (and fontStyle and fontWeight) so it can detect and use the correct SWF for its fonts. Once you've specified one of the fonts in the SWF, the TextFlow can use any of the fonts in the SWF.
Alex Harui
Flex SDK Developer
Adobe Systems Inc.
Blog: http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui

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Hi,
I had a very basic question on using Embeded Fonts in SWF files.
I have to use a Italic effect on a Arail Font text, for this should I use ARIAL.TTF and apply the italic effect on it or Should I go for ARIALI.TTF file?
What is the difference and which is the correct way of doing it?
I am acutally working on a PPT to SWF converter and I am not able to match the look at feel of the Italic or Bold fonts in PPT and SWF, any suggestions where I should look for help on understanding how fonts are used?

Hi Peter,
     Thanks for your reply.
     I did some experimentation and found that I can embed the Arail.ttf file and apply FontStyle=Italic property in my MXML tag and it shows me a italic form of Arail font. But when I try to use the same embeded font using FontRange and specify FontStyle = Italic in font range the italic font is not shown on the UI. Why is there a difference in MXML and Font Range ?
     I understand that I should use ARIALI.TTF file for Italic fonts but the problem is that it increases the size of my SWF. And even if somebody has used a italic style for couple of words it increases the size significantly. I want to avoid that.
     Can you tell me why FontStyle on normal Embede font work from MXML and not from FontRange?
-Saurabh.

CFDocumentSection breaks Embedded Font

I need to be able to use different headers and footers in my
report (Report Builder cannot handle it, see previous post).
When I use cfdocumentsection it appears to remove the
embedded font and I get the system default. Does anyone know about
a workaround for this problem? No luck on google.
Thanks.

Hi,
Designer embeds all used fonts by default.
If not the form properties have been changed.
Goto File > Form Properties and select the Save Options on the left side.
There you have a check box either to embed fonts or not.
Anyway, if the font designer set a flag in the font file which doesn't allow embedding, then the font will not be embedded in any case.

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Trying to view/print PDF documents from website. Print looks like gibberish and is unreadable. Problem is with the embedded fonts. Error message from Adobe says cannot extract the embedded font 'LICCMC+MyriadPro-Light'. some characters may not display or print correctly.

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http://forums.adobe.com/index.jspa

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