Font dropdown to change dynamic text box?

Question

Hello, pretty new to Flex... well very! First Day! The MXML
seems pretty simple enough but having some trouble i guess on the
actionscript side! I want to create a very cut down version of a
text editor. Very cut down! 2 textboxes one input the other
dynamic... type some text in one it outputs to the other. Easy! but
now i want to add a drop down with embeded fonts... ive embeded my
fonts and there working fine. But i want to apply each font style
to my options in the drop down (bit like the system fonts drop down
examples you see) im making my combobox from an ArrayCollection
with aload of Strings. i also want a function to change the font
type on my dynamic textbox from a dropdown option click="" if that
makes sense. Bit confused think i might b looking into it to
deeply. Its just simple for a customized car license plate
builder... i want them to have the ability to enter there
registration and change the font and color etc. Can anyone point me
or show me something im a bit flexed out... sure im being silly
about this!
Regards

Answer 1

Check out your Text Frame Options - select the frame and go to Object>Text Frame Options
Then go to the Baseline Tab
Then check out the First Baseline Option - and turn on the preview to view your changes.
That will give you the option to have X height, Cap Height, accent etc.
If you want to get right out the edge of a frame on the left side then check out the Window>Types and Tables>Story and turn on optical alignment, that will allow punctuation to hang out side the text frame, not only that but the arms of "T" and letters like that will also extend past the frame edge, with a negative value.