Re: [flasher] RE: Starting Up question

[Mike Helman]

Strange thing is - I didn't embed the fonts yet. It seems to be from the

sound and photos I have in the movie. But the thing is if you don't click a

button you won't see them or hear them. Is it still normal for them to

loadup at the 1st frame?


Could I shrink something or change something else?


And thanks for the font warning!


> Well if you are sure nothing is in your first frame, then it's probably the

> embedded fonts.

> 

> Be sure to look at your movie report and look how many embedded font bytes

> are in the swf. A font set can be anywher from 10k to 40k on up. They load

> in the first frame no matter where you use the font.

> 

> That's why gratuitous use of different fonts is a file sweller. Even a

> single font family like arial will include a whole set each for regular,

> italic, bold, and bold italic if you have a lot of text using all the

> varieties. If you include font outline for dynamic text, the whole font set

> will be included, but only the regular or bold etc.

> 

> Check the movie report.

>