I know I'm not embedding a font. Amy said that setting blendMode="layer" allows you to rotate a non-embedded font. That was news to me, and when I tried it I couldn't confirm her statement. So I'm skeptical that it's true. I think you have to embed a font to be able to rotate text in TextField-based components. But I'd love to be proven wrong.
Gordon Smith Adobe Flex SDK Team From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of postwick Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 4:44 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Sideways text In this example, you are not using an embedded font. Google "flex 3 embed font" and you'll see what we mean. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com<mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>, Gordon Smith <gosm...@...> wrote: > > Really? When I try > > <mx:Label x="100" y="100" text="Hello" rotation="90" blendMode="layer"/> > > I don't see anything. > > Gordon Smith > Adobe Flex SDK Team > > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com<mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com<mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>] On > Behalf Of Amy > Sent: Saturday, July 25, 2009 3:30 PM > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com<mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Sideways text > > > > --- In > flexcoders@yahoogroups.com<mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com><mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>, > Gordon Smith <gosmith@> wrote: > > > > If you use an embedded font I think you can rotate Flex 3 text components. > > > > But if you want to use a device font, you would have to develop custom > > components that use FTE or TLF instead of TextField to render their text, > > and you'd have to require Flash Player 10. Looking at how Flex 4 implements > > its new text components would probably be useful if you're going to do this. > > I think an easier way is to just set the blendMode on the text component to > "layer." > > -Amy >
