[swfmill] [Fwd: Re: Font Embedding]
gabriel
gbelvedere at gmail.com
Thu Jan 22 22:35:02 PST 2009
sure...let me know your results :)
thanks
GaB
mawe wrote:
> Damn it ... ;-P
>
> Well, sorry then. Would you like to send me a zip containing
> everything that I need to test this on my (Vista) machine? I'm curious.
>
> Regards,
> Matthias
>
> gabriel schrieb:
>> 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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