Re: FLASH: Flash Font Test

[John Croteau]

Hi Mike,


> We are running a test with fonts and Flash 4.

> Can I get some feedback on the following page:

> http://www.meshdesign.com/flash/font_test/

> I am interested in whether all of the fonts look the same, and if not which

> ones are different.

Of course they look the same.


All regular text in Flash is sent with shapes.

The third broken apart text would be larger, is not efficient and is a

waste of bytes. It has 2 't's, 2 'i's, 2 's's and 2 'e's which have

their common shapes duplicated when the text is broken apart. Breaking

apart text is not a major problem with a single short line like this but

is a big problem with paragraphs of text increasing file size by huge

amounts. You should ONLY break text apart if you need to shape tween it

or modify its shape. Do not be mislead by speed increases in text

processing when playing an animation in the authoring environment

because it does not transfer to the SWF file (or Test Movie).


Text not displayed with shapes supplied with Flash;

   1) If devicefonts  is set as true in HTML and the user has the exact

fonts on their system.

   2) _san, _serif and _typewriter use fonts on the users system

   3) Text field text uses the fonts on the user's computer unless one

of the Use font outlines is selected. If you do not select Use font

outlines, one of the designated device fonts (_sans, _serif or

_typewriter) and the user does not have the exact font on their system

then the user's computer will pick a font and it is very likely not be

even close to what you want.


For text fields (not regular text) if you do not select Use font

outlines and you are not sure whether your audience has the exact fonnts

then you should use oone of the designated device fonts (_sans, _serif

or _typewriter) so the user will get a similar font shape to the one you

design. Note, it will be similar and not neccessarily the same.


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