I'll give that a try. Thanks! :) -------------------------------- Andrew Murphy Interactive Media Specialist [email protected]
Delvinia 214 King Street West, Suite 214 Toronto Canada M5H 3S6 P 416.364.1455 ext. 232 F 416.364.9830 W www.delvinia.com CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE This email message may contain privileged or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient or received this communication by error, please notify the sender and delete the message without copying or disclosing it. AVIS DE CONFIDENTIALITÉ Ce message peut contenir de l'information légalement privilégiée ou confidentielle. Si vous n'êtes pas le destinataire ou croyez avoir reçu par erreur ce message, nous vous saurions gré d'en aviser l'émetteur et d'en détruire le contenu sans le communiquer a d'autres ou le reproduire. > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Matt Gitchell > Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2009 1:25 PM > To: Flash Coders List > Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Error when trying to embed a font > > Sheesh. I totally forgot, I've done this before: > Create a TextField in your FLA, embed the selected character > set into that textfield, stick that in a symbol, use [Embed] > to embed that symbol ( [Embed(source="blah.swf", > symbol="textMC")]), then you're off to the fonty races, if > memory serves. I've gotten this to work in the past, but > honestly I forget the particulars. > > --Matt > > On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 10:04 AM, Ktu > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > The only thing I can suggest is looking at Lee Brimelow's > tutorial on > > using [Embed] for fonts. Maybe going through that tutorial > will enlighten you. > > > > http://gotoandlearn.com/play?id=102 > > > > Kttu > > > > On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 3:10 PM, Andrew Murphy > <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > Hi again, Ian. :) > > > > > > I have tried a few different variations on the font name, but I > > > hadn't tried using Font.enumerateFonts() to list the > system's names > > > for the fonts. > > > Thank > > > you for that suggestion. :) I gave it a try, listing out the > > > fontName > > and > > > fontStyle props and ended up with this: > > > > > > name: Akzidenz Grotesk BE style: regular > > > name: Akzidenz Grotesk BE Bold style: regular > > > name: Akzidenz Grotesk BE BoldEx style: regular > > > name: Akzidenz Grotesk BE Ex style: regular > > > name: Akzidenz Grotesk BE Light style: regular > > > name: Akzidenz Grotesk BE LightEx style: regular > > > name: Akzidenz Grotesk BE LightOsF style: regular > > > name: Akzidenz Grotesk BE LightSC style: regular > > > name: Akzidenz Grotesk BE MdEx style: regular > > > name: Akzidenz Grotesk BE Super style: regular > > > > > > > > > I'd already tried "Akzidenz Grotesk BE" but just in case I gave it > > another > > > try, like this: > > > > > > [Embed( > > > systemFont="Akzidenz Grotesk BE", > > > fontName="AkzidenzOTF", > > > mimeType="application/x-font", > > > unicodeRange="U+0021-U+00FF" > > > )] > > > var akzidenz_otf:Class; > > > Font.registerFont(akzidenz_otf); > > > > > > > > > And it throws the exact same error. > > > > > > > > > > > > However I have managed to get it working, sort of, by > just creating > > > Font Symbols in my FLA's Library. It means embedding the > whole dern > > > font, rather than a smaller subset of characters, but at least it > > > works. > > > > > > I guess this is "solved". More-or-less. > > > > > > > > > Thank you for your help. ^_^ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------- > > > Andrew Murphy > > > Interactive Media Specialist > > > [email protected] > > > > > > Delvinia > > > 214 King Street West, Suite 214 > > > Toronto Canada M5H 3S6 > > > > > > P 416.364.1455 ext. 232 F 416.364.9830 W www.delvinia.com > > > > > > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE > > > This email message may contain privileged or confidential > > > information. If you are not the intended recipient or > received this > > > communication by > > error, > > > please notify the sender and delete the message without > copying or > > > disclosing it. > > > > > > AVIS DE CONFIDENTIALITÉ > > > Ce message peut contenir de l'information légalement > privilégiée ou > > > confidentielle. Si vous n'êtes pas le destinataire ou > croyez avoir > > > reçu > > par > > > erreur ce message, nous vous saurions gré d'en aviser > l'émetteur et > > > d'en détruire le contenu sans le communiquer a d'autres > ou le reproduire. > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: [email protected] > > > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > > > > Ian Thomas > > > > Sent: Monday, August 31, 2009 1:31 PM > > > > To: Flash Coders List > > > > Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Error when trying to embed a font > > > > > > > > Sorry! My poor reading! > > > > > > > > The normal reason for such errors is that the name of the font > > > > (when using systemFont) does not exactly match the name your > > > > system thinks it should be. This can be complicated by font > > > > variants - you say you've already tried combinations of > fontStyle, > > > > fontWeight etc. Have you tried those variants within the name? > > > > Could it be something like the name should be "Berthold > Akzidenz > > > > Grotesk Bold" and you should have fontWeight set to bold? > > > > > > > > Have you tried Font.enumerateFonts() to list what fonts > your Flash > > > > Player thinks is available on your system, and what their names > > > > are? > > > > > > > > Ian > > > > > > > > On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 6:01 PM, Andrew > > > > Murphy<[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hi, Ian. :) > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, but I tried that already, I mentioned it in my > > > > first post. It > > > > > throws the same error. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------- Andrew Murphy > Interactive Media > > > > > Specialist [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > Delvinia > > > > > 214 King Street West, Suite 214 > > > > > Toronto Canada M5H 3S6 > > > > > > > > > > P 416.364.1455 ext. 232 F 416.364.9830 W www.delvinia.com > > > > > > > > > > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE > > > > > This email message may contain privileged or confidential > > > > information. > > > > > If you are not the intended recipient or received this > > > > communication > > > > > by error, please notify the sender and delete the message > > > > > without copying or disclosing it. > > > > > > > > > > AVIS DE CONFIDENTIALITÉ > > > > > Ce message peut contenir de l'information légalement > privilégiée > > > > > ou confidentielle. Si vous n'êtes pas le destinataire > ou croyez > > > > > avoir reçu par erreur ce message, nous vous saurions gré d'en > > > > > aviser l'émetteur et d'en détruire le contenu sans le > > > > > communiquer > > > > a d'autres ou le reproduire. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > > > > >> From: [email protected] > > > > >> [mailto:[email protected]] On > > > > Behalf Of Ian > > > > >> Thomas > > > > >> Sent: Monday, August 31, 2009 12:35 PM > > > > >> To: Flash Coders List > > > > >> Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Error when trying to embed a font > > > > >> > > > > >> 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. :) > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > -------------------------------- Andrew Murphy Interactive > > > > >> > Media Specialist <mailto:[email protected]> > > > > >> > [email protected] > > > > >> > > > > > >> > Delvinia > > > > >> > 214 King Street West, Suite 214 Toronto Canada M5H 3S6 > > > > >> > > > > > >> > P 416.364.1455 ext. 232 F 416.364.9830 W www.delvinia.com > > > > >> > > > > > >> > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE > > > > >> > This email message may contain privileged or confidential > > > > >> information. > > > > >> > If you are not the intended recipient or received this > > > > >> communication > > > > >> > by error, please notify the sender and delete the > > > > message without > > > > >> > copying or disclosing it. > > > > >> > > > > > >> > AVIS DE CONFIDENTIALITÉ > > > > >> > Ce message peut contenir de l'information légalement > > > > privilégiée ou > > > > >> > confidentielle. 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