Re: [flasher] Re: small fonts confusion - confusion conclusion

[Mike Kelly]

I'll conclude this short monologue with myself with a few useful

conclusions, to make a change from just asking annoying questions ; )

Please let me know if I am in error with any of this!


"Flash 5 and anti-aliasing, with special regard to small fonts."

It is possible to turn anti-aliasing on text off by putting the text in a

"dynamic text" box, as long as you don't use the "font outlines" option; or

by putting it in a "static text" box with "Use Device Fonts" checked.

These options seem to work however, only by directly displaying the font "as

is" on the host system.  Therefore, these options won't display your font on

the viewer's computer unless they have that font installed on their system.

Solution for small fonts, where anti-aliasing looks bad, or makes text

illegible?  Use a common system font with anti-aliasing turned off (see

above), or (better) find a small font designed for use in Flash, which looks

aliased even when it's anti-aliased, e.g. www.atomicmedia.net or

www.miniml.com.  When using one of these fonts, if you're using a dynamic

text box, make sure you do include font outlines.

I would also recommend that you brush your teeth regularly, and look both

ways before crossing busy roads.

Regards,

M



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Subject: [flasher] Re: small fonts confusion



> Whoops. Not strictly true.  If I use "Static Text" and "Use Device Fonts",

> it displays without anti-aliasing.  But it doesn't seem to export the font

> then.  Still have the same problem when I look at the published file on a

PC

> without the font on board.

>

> > If I check "system device" or whateveritis on the HTML publishing

> settings,

> > it still remains anti-aliased, even when I set it to "Static Text".

> > Thanks for any ideas!

> > Mike

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