Comments on: Embedding fonts in Flex, AIR and Actionscript projects

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 04:32:54 +0000

One tip I discovered is that if you want to use the embedded font with htmltext on a component, you first have to set the text style for that component with one of the embedded fonts.
@font-face {
src:url(“assets/fonts/pala.ttf”);
fontFamily: Palatino;
}
then
myTextArea.setStyle(“fontFamily”, “Palatino”);
then you can use any embedded font in the htmltext
myTextArea.htmlText = ‘Some TextSome more text, etc.’;

By: Steven Peeters

Steven Peeters — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 10:01:36 +0000

Hey DJ,

Using the font is exactly the same as using any other font. You just type the name that you’ve given to your custom embedded font in the font-family style of your component.

This can be done either inline or via CSS.

Cheers,
Steven

By: DJ

DJ — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 09:52:59 +0000

Thanks for the post. But how do we use these fonts? I need to render a html text.

By: JeffreyC

JeffreyC — Fri, 07 May 2010 14:20:13 +0000

Great post. Thank you for the clear and thorough explanation.

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By: admin

admin — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:56:46 +0000

I’ll definitely be doing a lot more of this stuff, but for the moment I’m a little short on time. Hopefully I can get a couple more articles online by next month. I’m also looking into doing something with tutorial video’s online, but that will take up even more of my time . We’ll see how far I can go…

In the mean time, if you have a specific question about thiese kinds of things, do not hesitate to submit it via the contact form on this site.

By: KonstantinMiller

KonstantinMiller — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:55:29 +0000

I have been looking looking around for this kind of information. Will you post some more in future? I’ll be grateful if you will.

By: Steven Peeters

Steven Peeters — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:53:50 +0000

Hey John,

Sorry for the late reply, but I’ve been on holiday for the past week with no access to internet.

The local() in my CSS has been tried and tested several times and works just fine. When I try to put e.g. local(“Verdana Bold”), I even get compilation errors. It’s the name of the font, plus the indication of bold and italic that actually defines the font file that needs to be included. You don’t select an “Verdana Bold” font in Word either, don’t you? Well, it’s the same here…

By: John Daggett

John Daggett — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 05:20:50 +0000

The syntax of local() in your CSS example is incorrect, it needs to be the name of a single face not the family name. So “Verdana Bold” in the bold, non-italic case.