You could try directly referencing the TTF or OTF file with the
'source' argument instead of using the 'systemFont' argument:
[Embed(
source="/Path/To/FontFile.TTF",
HTH,
Ian
On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 1:31 PM, Andrew Murphy<[email protected]> wrote:
> Good morning. (Well.. it's morning here anyway.)
>
> I'm having problems with creating a font .swf file, to use for sharing a
> font between some Flash movies. One of the fonts I want to embed is
> Berthold Akzidenz Grotesk Medium.
>
> In the font .swf's FLA file I'm trying to embed it like this:
>
>
> [Embed(
> systemFont="Berthold Akzidenz Grotesk",
> fontName="AkzidenzMedOTF",
> fontStyle="Medium",
> mimeType="application/x-font",
> unicodeRange="U+0021-U+00FF"
> )]
> var akzidenz_otf:Class;
> Font.registerFont(akzidenz_otf);
>
>
> And I keep getting the error: exception during transcoding: Font for alias
> 'AkzidenzOTF' with plain weight and style was not found by family name
> 'Berthold Akzidenz Grotesk'
>
> I'm working in WindowsXP, Flash CS4 and it's a Type1 font.
>
> I've tried various settings for the fontWeight and fontStyle and nothing
> seems to affect this error.
>
> I've also tried not using "systemFont" and instead setting the "source" path
> in the Embed to C:/WINDOWS/Fonts/gfm_____.pfm, which is this font's source
> file on my machine, and it throws the same error.
>
> Any ideas on what I'm dong wrong and how to fix it.. if it can be fixed?
>
> Thank you. :)
>
>
>
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