Comments on: Embedding Bitmap Text in Flash CS3 http://www.visible-form.com/blog/embedding-bitmap-text-in-flash-cs3/ Rich Rodecker's blog on flash, flex, actionscript, javascript, and php, with a dash of randomness Mon, 28 Jun 2010 12:47:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: rich http://www.visible-form.com/blog/embedding-bitmap-text-in-flash-cs3/comment-page-1/#comment-107550 rich Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:24:20 +0000 http://www.visible-form.com/blog/?p=274#comment-107550 Luke - I always saw that the problem with embedding fonts in this way has always been that it will embed the entire font, which may include a huge range of characters that you more than likely never use. In some cases this may be ok...I wouldn't doubt that most 'bitmap' fonts that were created with flash in mind don't really have the full glyph set that a 'regular' font might have. I haven't tested this with bitmap fonts to see if it works any different than normal though. Luke – I always saw that the problem with embedding fonts in this way has always been that it will embed the entire font, which may include a huge range of characters that you more than likely never use. In some cases this may be ok…I wouldn’t doubt that most ‘bitmap’ fonts that were created with flash in mind don’t really have the full glyph set that a ‘regular’ font might have.

I haven’t tested this with bitmap fonts to see if it works any different than normal though.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.visible-form.com/blog/embedding-bitmap-text-in-flash-cs3/comment-page-1/#comment-107012 Anonymous Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:32:47 +0000 http://www.visible-form.com/blog/?p=274#comment-107012 I'm pretty sure "st" is short for "standard". Try with bold/italic. I’m pretty sure “st” is short for “standard”. Try with bold/italic.

]]> By: Luke http://www.visible-form.com/blog/embedding-bitmap-text-in-flash-cs3/comment-page-1/#comment-106834 Luke Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:34:32 +0000 http://www.visible-form.com/blog/?p=274#comment-106834 It's better to embed the font in your library. You do this by clicking on that little down arrow on your library panel. This brings up a massive menu with the option, 'new font'. Select the font you want etc. Now, when you want to assign it to a text field, select the font name in the drop down, the embedded version should have a * behind it name. If you want to assign an embedded font you need to assign it a linkage Id. Right click the font in the library and select "Linkage" to do this. It’s better to embed the font in your library. You do this by clicking on that little down arrow on your library panel. This brings up a massive menu with the option, ‘new font’. Select the font you want etc. Now, when you want to assign it to a text field, select the font name in the drop down, the embedded version should have a * behind it name. If you want to assign an embedded font you need to assign it a linkage Id. Right click the font in the library and select “Linkage” to do this.

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