I haven't tried this myself but have you used my old bff getDefinitionByName
var fontClass:Font = getDefinitionByName("fontClassNameWithinTheSwf") as
Font;
and then use the font via the Font class?
-jonathan
On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 1:40 PM, Michael William Ypes <
[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I know the offstage technique but what I want is to load an external swf
> with the specific font in it. Then use that font in all other swfs. You
> could do this in as2 by loading in a swf that had a shared library font in
> it. Bit of a hack but it worked.
>
> I cant quite believe Adobe has not addressed this in cs3 as fonts do add a
> huge amount to file sizes. There has got to be a fix for this surely...
>
> Any more ideas...
>
> Cheers
>
> M
>
> On 18 Aug 2008, at 12:08, Ian Thomas wrote:
>
> On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 12:01 PM, Geografiek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Define 2 dynamic text field off stage (one for each font) and define the
>>> character range there.
>>> These characters should now be available to all text fields in the .swf
>>> *Should* work, but with Flash and font you never know :(
>>>
>>
>> Offstage will do it.
>>
>> So will exporting in a text field within a MovieClip symbol in the
>> library, providing that MovieClip symbol is marked for export in first
>> frame.
>>
>> HTH,
>> Ian
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