Re: FLASH: help with fonts

[Michael Penne]

You had it right. The caveats are referring to the case of text fields

(rather than standard flash text) that the user has not included font

outlines for, and the system fonts _sans, _serif, _typewriter, which

the swf gets from the clients machine. Otherwise, font outlines _are_

included in the swf (but not  in the fla), as you surmised.


I too wish flash would allow small fonts (w/outlines) w/o

anti-aliasing, as small fonts anti-aliased at 72dpi are pretty much

blurred. Non-serif (chicago, arial) fonts are better than serif fonts

for showing up at small sizes, though ugly....if you use the _* fonts

or fields w/o outlines for small text, leave space in the field/design

for variation in font size (as with standard html)...


PS Love ACID! Check out this musac video I just finished w/acid music

and flash....


www.humboldt.edu/~mmp5/flash/flash2.html



--- Dave Hollinden <

dhollindenSonicFoundry [dot] com

> wrote:

> 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.  

> 

> 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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