[swfmill] [Fwd: Re: Font Embedding]

gabriel gbelvedere at gmail.com
Wed Jan 21 20:20:53 PST 2009


mmm sorry mawe, you lost your mum ;), UAC already disabled here :)

but thanks for trying

mawe wrote:
> I'd bet my mum that this has something to do with the oh so great UAC.
>
> gabriel schrieb:
>> Hi Axel, great f*** news...
>>
>> I've tested installing the font and nothing happened... ON VISTA!...
>> Tried the same example in xp and it works :-(  ...I can go on in this 
>> way, but any idea in which could be the problem with vista?
>>
>> thanks again!
>> Gabriel
>>
>> Axel Huizinga wrote:
>>> Hi Gabriel, are you working with windows?
>>> I tried your example and on windows it didn't work for me too until 
>>> I installed the font into the
>>> windows fonts directory - weird but then it works
>>>
>>> Axel
>>>> Mark, thanks I can't figure it out...
>>>>
>>>> I've tried your suggestion and no way:
>>>>
>>>> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?>
>>>>    <movie width="320" height="240" framerate="12">
>>>>   <background color="#ffffff"/>
>>>>     <font id="*jettat*" name="*jettat*" import="*jettat*.ttf" />
>>>>     <textfield id="hellobox" width="200" height="50" size="20" 
>>>> font="*jettat*" text="HELLO world!"/>
>>>>     <place id="hellobox" name="output" depth="10"/>
>>>>   <frame/>
>>>> </movie>
>>>>
>>>> The library tag has something to do here? swfmill is not 
>>>> complaining about anything.
>>>> The TTF file is called "jettat.ttf" and the font name is "Jetta 
>>>> Tech". I assume that @font in textfield is "jettat" (the font id) 
>>>> right?
>>>> I've attached the ttf file, can you test it please? so we know if 
>>>> is working or not? 
>>>> I'm compiling like this:
>>>>
>>>> swfmill.exe simple testText.xml testText.swf
>>>>
>>>> is that correct?
>>>>
>>>> thanks again.
>>>> Gabriel
>>>>
>>>> Mark Winterhalder wrote:
>>>>>> What is vera.ttf ? it is the real TrueType file?
>>>>>>     
>>>>>
>>>>> Yes.
>>>>>
>>>>>  
>>>>>> The ID (vera in this case) may be anything? or should be the font 
>>>>>> name, and
>>>>>> how do you use it in the TextField?
>>>>>>     
>>>>>
>>>>> Yes, both -- it /may/ be anything, but /should/ be the font name for
>>>>> clarity's sake.
>>>>> What's missing in the tutorial, because font handling in Swfmill has
>>>>> developed much further since it was written, is that there's also a
>>>>> @name attribute to go with @id. @id is the Swfmill internal name (for
>>>>> textfields created in Swfmill), @name is for AS usage (textfields
>>>>> created by the script).
>>>>>
>>>>> So, try this:
>>>>> <font id="KlingonBlade" name="KlingonBlade" 
>>>>> import="KlingonBlade.ttf" />
>>>>>
>>>>> Note the @name attribute I added. An advantage of this is that you 
>>>>> can
>>>>> import multiple font types, like normal, bold, italic etc., and all
>>>>> give them the same @name. When you use a bold style in your 
>>>>> textfield,
>>>>> the appropriate font style will be chosen.
>>>>>
>>>>> HTH,
>>>>> Mark
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 10:14 AM, gabriel <gbelvedere at gmail.com> 
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>  
>>>>>> Hi Robin,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I've already checked this link, but I had problems doing this:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Fonts work slightly different. To import all numerical characters of
>>>>>> vera.ttf as "vera", you would add the following after the library 
>>>>>> node:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> <font id="vera" import="library/vera.ttf" glyphs="0123456789"/>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What is vera.ttf ? it is the real TrueType file?
>>>>>> The ID (vera in this case) may be anything? or should be the font 
>>>>>> name, and
>>>>>> how do you use it in the TextField?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I made a quick (really quick) sample with a weird TTF and it 
>>>>>> does'nt work
>>>>>> for me :(
>>>>>>
>>>>>> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> <movie width="320" height="240" framerate="12">
>>>>>>     <background color="#ffffff"/>
>>>>>>     <font id="KlingonBlade" import="KlingonBlade.ttf"
>>>>>> glyphs="abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz!"/>
>>>>>>     <textfield id="hellobox" width="200" height="50" size="20"
>>>>>> font="KlingonBlade" text="hello world!"/>
>>>>>>     <place id="hellobox" name="output" depth="10"/>
>>>>>>   <frame/>
>>>>>> </movie>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> and this is what I get
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> thanks again for the time!
>>>>>> Gabriel
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Robin Palotai wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi!, Check http://swfmill.org/doc/using-swfmill.html#fonts
>>>>>> Cheers
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Robin
>>>>>> -- 
>>>>>> www.mindless-labs.com
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 11:00 AM, gabriel <gbelvedere at gmail.com> 
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> can anyone please point me in the right direction about embedding 
>>>>>> fonts with
>>>>>> swfmill?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> thanks
>>>>>> Gabriel
>>>>>>
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