Re: FLASH: outline fonts problem (chinese fonts)

[John Croteau]

Hi Mingo,


> Sometimes I got alert message like "Some Characters could not convert to

> outline, cos

> the appropriate outline font is not available..."

> May I know wat's the file extension type for the outline font files, is it

> "FOT" or "FNT" ?

> and where should I install this font to ? the windows/fonts directory ?


For Windows 95/98:


You need Truetype fonts (.ttf) and they can be installed by placing them

in the Windows/Fonts directory.


And you can use postscript fonts (.pfm) if you have Adobe Typeface

Manager 4.0 or later. Use the Adobe Typeface Manager to install the

fonts.


If you have Adobe Typeface Manager 3.x then type will show in the Editor

but not be exported to the .swf file.


If you don't have or cannot create ttf fonts (or postscript) then the

next best alternative is to use a vector (not bitmap) format such as .ai

or .wmf and then create symbols in Flash so you can reuse the characters

easily (not quite as easy as a font because you have to typeset them

manually).


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