Well, I've taken a few steps forward and a few backwards. See Adobe forums
http://forums.adobe.com/message/2163425
Valdhor, thanks for the direction to the defaults.css file. I had no clue it
was there. That answered a lot of questions.
----- Original Message -----
From: warrenonflex
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, August 07, 2009 10:27 AM
Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Embedded Fonts
Sorry. I just embedded the image in the email. Not sure how to do it
otherwise -- I'm new to this group.
No, I didn't know about the defaults.css file. I just looked and found
that I too have Verdana specified. Now I'm really lost since thats the
font I'm embedding.
I also noticed there is an embedFonts: false line. Wonder what would
happen if I change that.....
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "valdhor" <valdhorli...@...> wrote:
>
> I can't see the example (Maybe it will turn up later).
>
> Anyway, have you looked at the defaults.css file? In the globals
section (At least, on my machine) the fontfamily is set to Verdana.
>
>
> --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Warren" warrenonyaho@ wrote:
> >
> > I saw those too. Unfortunately I din't know where to go from there.
I don't really think the default font I'm seeing is _serif. Looks more
like a _sans font to me (see example)
> >
> > And I don't know the heiracrhy for my platform. I was hoping to find
THE True Type font or swf or something that Flex uses so I could embed
it and get away from this apparent measurement bug.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: valdhor
> > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Friday, August 07, 2009 8:43 AM
> > Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Embedded Fonts
> >
> >
> > Would these help?
> >
> > http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/langref/flash/text/TextFormat.html
> >
> > (default) font = "Times New Roman" (default font is Times on Mac OS
X)
> >
> >
http://www.adobe.com/livedocs/flex/3/langref/flash/text/engine/FontDescr\
iption.html
> >
> > There may be more references. I just did a quick search of the docs.
> >
> > HTH
> >
> > Steve
> >
> > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Warren" <warrenonyaho@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Well, so far no luck anywhere.
> > >
> > > There are no bugs in the adobe bug system on this. No that
submitting a bug means it may get solved.....
> > >
> > > I can't find any of the workarounds on the web. I've been Googling
like crazy but nothing is jumping out.
> > >
> > > I still can't figure out how to determine what font Flex is using
if no font's are embedded (e.g. The default font)
> > >
> > > If I didn't have to use embedded fonts, I'd be dumping them. Sigh
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: ag_rcuren
> > > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
> > > Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2009 8:40 AM
> > > Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Flex Builder vs Embedded Fonts -
Partially solved
> > >
> > >
> > > There is a know bug in flex 3 with embedded fonts where they
display one pixel higher. This make button labels and other things look
off center. As far as I have seen this affects all embedded fonts and is
due to the way they are anti aliased. There are a couple work arounds
out on the web some involve changing the measure code, or simply moving
the text component down by 1 pixel. But this happens in the compiled swf
not just inside of Flex builder.
> > >
> > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Warren" <warrenonyaho@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > OK -- after some digging I think I know what's going on. I'm
embedding Verdana font. I'm thinking the issue is that the vertical
spacing in the font is different than the default font Flex Builder is
using. As a result, the measurement routine is off.
> > > >
> > > > This feels like a bug to me -- I'll be checking the Adobe bug
system next. The only way I can figure out how to fix this is to embed
exactly the same font that Builder is using by default.
> > > >
> > > > Can anyone tell me how to determine this?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: warrenonflex
> > > > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
> > > > Sent: Wednesday, August 05, 2009 8:38 AM
> > > > Subject: [flexcoders] Flex Builder vs Embedded Fonts
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Recently I had the need to embed font's in my Flex 3
application. I used the CSS code (see below) to embed the fonts and make
them global. Worked great except Builder went nuts. The Builder display
doesn't look like the website. Elements are shifted about, text doesn't
line up properly (for example, radio button text doesn't center on the
radio icon), etc. It's a mess. I am using Builder version 3.0.2.214193
> > > >
> > > > So I have two questions:
> > > >
> > > > 1) If I create a swf of the fonts and embed it in flex using the
swf, will Builder prefer this?
> > > >
> > > > 2) What is the default font for Flex or how do I determine what
it is in my install? If I knew that, I could embed it and hope that
Builder would stop messing up.
> > > >
> > > > 3) What Am I Doing Wrong?
> > > >
> > > > Warren Koch
> > > >
> > > > /* CSS file */
> > > >
> > > > @font-face {
> > > > font-family: MainFont;
> > > > src: url("assets/fonts/verdana.TTF");
> > > > unicode-range: U+0020-U+007E;
> > > > advancedAntiAliasing: true;
> > > > }
> > > >
> > > > @font-face {
> > > > font-family: MainFont;
> > > > src: url("assets/fonts/verdanab.TTF");
> > > > unicode-range: U+0020-U+007E;
> > > > advancedAntiAliasing: true;
> > > > fontWeight: bold;
> > > > }
> > > >
> > > > @font-face {
> > > > font-family: MainFont;
> > > > src: url("assets/fonts/verdanai.TTF");
> > > > unicode-range: U+0020-U+007E;
> > > > advancedAntiAliasing: true;
> > > > fontStyle: italic;
> > > > }
> > > >
> > > > @font-face {
> > > > font-family: MainFont;
> > > > src: url("assets/fonts/verdanaz.TTF");
> > > > unicode-range: U+0020-U+007E;
> > > > advancedAntiAliasing: true;
> > > > fontWeight: bold;
> > > > fontStyle: italic;
> > > > }
> > > >
> > > > global {
> > > > font-family: MainFont;
> > > > }
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
