Re: FLASH: Cross-platform

[Michael Penne]

For editable text, until the swf is published, flash

is like any other program, and gets the fonts from the

local station.  


You can convert the text to outlines->modify/break

apart, in which case each letter is now a vector curve

rather than a font (what flash does when you publish a

swf), however now you will not be able to edit the

text (using the text editor). 


There would certainly be licensing issues if flash was

to make a full copy of the font(s) internal to each

file, though it is interesting that you can include

all font outlines when publishing editable fields (not

often a good idea though as it increases the .swf size

by the size of all the outlines of the chosen font(s).


--- David Grissett <

davidtallent [dot] com

> wrote:

> In regards to using fonts, I'm interested in hearing

> thoughts about

> converting text to symbols. Doesn't this solve the

> cross platform and

> typeface (the lack of) issue?

> 

> Dave

> 



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