Comments on: Runtime Font Embedding in AS3. There is no need to embed the entire fontset anymore

By: Daniel Bunte

Daniel Bunte — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 22:16:03 +0000

hi there,
you might also be interested in embedding fonts, bitmaps, binaryData, etc. without using the flex framework at all.
see: http://danielbunte.de/2011/07/24/embed-bitmaps-fonts-binarydata-etc-without-using-the-flex-framework-at-all/

best regards,
daniel

By: Marlin

Marlin — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:09:27 +0000

Hello:
I was hoping that some one can help me out. I am currently working on Flash Banner Ads, and so far has been very frustrating. I am not a flash expert nor very familiarize with action script. But I have manage to defend my self with the help of tutorials.

Here is my problem, I have to create banner ads in flash that meets the requirements of 30ks of file size, and I have done anything possible to keep mi file optimize as much possible by limiting my usage of high res images, using web-safe colors only as well as using simple animations, so far my file size is 28k which is good but when I tested my file the fonts that I am using are not displaying correctly because I am using device fonts to keep my file size down, I I embed the fonts the file size increases like crazy, and i don’t want to compromise my quality of design by allowing the fonts to look like the system wants.

So my question is Can I use this method to create a dynamic runtime shared font library with the fonts I want and uploaded to our server and have all my SWF banners pulled the fonts from that file that lies on our server to keep my file size down?

I guess instead of using this:
package {

import flash.display.Sprite;
public class _Arial extends Sprite {

[Embed(source='C:/WINDOWS/Fonts/ARIAL.TTF', fontName='_Arial', unicodeRange='U+0020-U+002F,U+0030-

U+0039,U+003A-U+0040,U+0041-U+005A,U+005B-U+0060,U+0061-U+007A,U+007B-U+007E')] public static var _Arial:Class;

}

Can It be:
package {

import flash.display.Sprite;
public class _Arial extends Sprite {

[Embed(source='http://www.rezhub.com/portals/Fonts/ARIAL.TTF', fontName='_Arial', unicodeRange='U+0020-U+002F,U+0030-

U+0039,U+003A-U+0040,U+0041-U+005A,U+005B-U+0060,U+0061-U+007A,U+007B-U+007E')] public static var _Arial:Class;

}

Please Help!!!!!!!!

By: Nishant

Nishant — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:35:49 +0000

Hey,

I get “VerifyError: Error #1014: Class IFlexAsset could not be found” just as soon as the font file created by the above method finishes loading

Any ideas?

By: Cosmin Varlan

Cosmin Varlan — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 21:21:51 +0000

The 1st code that has the line
public class _Arial extends Sprite
in it is creating the _Arial.swf

By: gioLemon

gioLemon — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 21:40:12 +0000

Sorry…. maby im just tooooooo stupid. But where you explain how you actually crete the swf with the font??? _Arial.swf

by using fl cs3 … or by using flex… havent known taht flex could create swf’s without the framework.

Thanks alot
mo

By: alan macdonald

alan macdonald — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 12:17:19 +0000

package
{
import flash.util.describeType;
import flash.display.MovieClip;
import flash.display.TextField;
import flash.text.TextFormat;
import flash.text.AntiAliasType;
//
public class Test extends MovieClip
{
[Embed(source="C:\WINDOWS\Fonts\somefont.ttf", fontFamily="foo")];
public var bar:String;=
public function Test()
{
var format:TextFormat=new TextFormat;
format.font=”foo”;
format.color=0xFFFFFF;
format.size=130;
var label:TextField=new TextField;
label.embedFonts=true;
label.autoSize=TextFieldAutoSize.LEFT;
label.antiAliasType=AntiAliasType.ADVANCED;
label.defaultTextFormat=format;
label.text=”Scott Morgan Rocks!”;
addChild(label);
}
}
}

works fine in flex

By: alan macdonald

alan macdonald — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 12:09:47 +0000

what was the problem? you didn’t have someone’s previous stuff given to you that you could call your own without even changing numbers back to actual hex?

lol jokes – i’m just an ass.

don’t forget about working over networks too, that can be a b!tch, be sure to disable network cache if doing such as well – had a guy at the office changing file all morning, with no changes being reflected, and delete aso wasnt doin nothing either (of course, since cache)

muahaha, we meet again – thanks for the read, good stuff

By: Emre Selen

Emre Selen — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 15:27:57 +0000

Hi there…
I recieve this;

TypeError: Error #2007: Parameter font must be non-null.
at flash.text::Font$/registerFont()
at FontLoader/::fontLoaded()

when I compile the code. I thin I’m doin smt wrong… The _Arial class return “null” in this situation.