--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Haykel BEN JEMIA" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> You have to embed the font with all typeface styles you need. If for
example
> you need the plain, bold and bold-italic typefaces, then you have to
embed
> the font three times with the different typeface properties:
> @font-face { src: local("Arial");
> fontFamily: myFontFamily;
> advancedAntiAliasing: true;
> }
>
> @font-face { src: local("Arial");
> fontFamily: myFontFamily;
> fontWeight: bold;
> advancedAntiAliasing: true;
> }
>
> @font-face { src: local("Arial");
> fontFamily: myFontFamily;
> fontWeight: bold;
> fontStyle: italic;
> advancedAntiAliasing: true;
> }
>
>
>
> On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 7:50 AM, akila_ksri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
<flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>, "Amy"
> > <amyblankenship@> wrote:
> > >
> > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>,
> > "akila_ksri" <akila_ksri@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > I need to apply horizontal scaling for a text with 'Arial' font.
> > > > lbl.scaleX = 0.70 simply does not work . I can only see that
there is
> > > a
> > > > change in the width of the label.
> > > >
> > > > Is there anything i am missing out to scale the text?? Is
scaling not
> > > > applicable for system fonts? ( I tried the same with font
'Verdana',
> > > > but again, no luck!)
> > > >
> > > > Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> > >
> > > Try one of the following:
> > >
> > > 1) Set the blendMode to layer
> > > 2) Set the container's cacheAsBitmap to true
> > > 3) Embed the font
> > >
> > > HTH;
> > >
> > > Amy
> > >
> > Hi Amy,
> >
> > Thanks for your response. I tried what you suggested, embedding the
> > font and then applying scaleX to the text.
> > This works fine if the font is just 'Arial'. It does not work if i
> > make the text bold/italic. It is necessary for the font to be bold and
> > in italics. I cant get it to work:(
> >
> > akila
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Haykel Ben Jemia
>
> Allmas
> Web & RIA Development
> http://www.allmas-tn.com
>
Hi Haykel,
I tried this one too, it still doesnt work..
It looks like i just cant scale text which is bold and italisized!
