FLASH: help with fonts

[Dave Hollinden]

We're choosing a font (or fonts) for a new site, and we want to avoid a

problem we've had in the past where type in the exported movie can look kind

of shadowy or irregularly grayed-out.  I assumed it was a combination of

small font size and anti-aliasing.  Can someone with more experience with

text and fonts in Flash give some help regarding good font choices and

minimum font size?


Also, I've gotten confused regarding Flash text export.  I had always

believed that although the Flash file itself requires a particular font to

be present on the developer's system to display it correctly, the exported

SWF contains everything it needs to display the font correctly on any

system.  However, things I've read lately seem to contradict this, including

the MM site and the new Flash 4 f/x & Design book ala John Croteau (which is

a good book).  What's the scoop on this?


Thanks,


Dave Hollinden

Web Design Team Lead

dhollindensonicfoundry [dot] com

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