Re: FLASH: Flash Font Test

[Dorian Nisinson]

	This was incorrectly written in the manual. The piece you quote is

meant to refer to the 3 special fonts listed at the top of your font

drop-down list. Using any of those 3 fonts (_typewriter,_serif and

_sanserif ) will cause Flash to use fonts from the viewers system that

are similar to the ones on your system but not necessarily the same. 

	Hope that helps.


Dorian


"mail.ex-pressnet.com" wrote:

> 

> Here is why we did the test:

> 

> >From Flash 4 manual page 115:

> 

> "Flash exports type to your final movie with all of its system information

> intact. Type you create while authoring on one platform may not appear

> properly on other platforms; moreover, your audience must have the type's

> font installed for it to display properly, even on the same platform."

> 

> Now I may be reading this incorrectly but this seems to suggest to me that

> if the viewer/ user does not have the font installed then it will not

> display properly. However, my experience has been the exact opposite. I have

> never had a problem displaying fonts.

> 

> So the fonts are (by default) first converted into shapes, and thus it

> doesnt matter if the user/viewer has the font installed on their machine.

> 

> I am reading this correctly?

> 

> Thanks again...

> 

> Mike C

> 

>

meshex-pressnet [dot] com

> 

> ----- Original Message -----

>

From: John Croteau <croteauerols [dot] com>

>

To: <flasherchinwag [dot] com>

> Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 1999 9:11 AM

> Subject: Re: FLASH: Flash Font Test

> 

> > 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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