Rick, you might be able to still embed fonts without experiencing such a dramatic performance problem. Try embedding the fonts but disabling FlashType (it's enabled by default):
@font-face { src: url("/assets/fonts/ARIAL.TTF"); fontFamily: myArial; flashType: false; } hth, matt horn flex docs http://blogs.adobe.com/flexdoc/ > -----Original Message----- > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rick Schmitty > Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 12:10 PM > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Re: Flex Builder 2.0.1 the update ! > > Do you have embeded fonts in your application? > > I was experiencing the same slowdown after upgrading to flex > 2.0.1. I had 2.0 installed, updated to 2.0.1, then ran the > clean command prior to opening flex. It was still slow. > > Saw the blog about closing projects, closed everything but > the one I'm working on, still slow > > Deleted all projects and created a blank application, super fast. > Ok... so must be something in my project... started hacking > away at the files until I came down to the fonts. > > This took almost 20seconds (on my machine) to compile > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> > <mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml > <http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml> "> > > <mx:Style> > @font-face { > src: url("/assets/fonts/ARIAL.TTF"); > fontFamily: myArial; > } > @font-face { > src: url("/assets/fonts/BKANT.TTF"); > fontFamily: myBkant; > } > @font-face { > src: url("/assets/fonts/TAHOMA.TTF"); > fontFamily: myTahoma; > } > @font-face { > src: url("/assets/fonts/TIMES.TTF"); > fontFamily: myTimes; > } > @font-face { > src: url("/assets/fonts/TREBUC.TTF"); > fontFamily: myTrebuc; > } > </mx:Style> > > </mx:Application> > > Deleting the style tag for a blank appliaction, it compiled > immediately 1-1.5sec > > Here is what's going on (or so I think) > > "FlashType support > > FlashType is the text rendering engine introduced in Flash Player 8. > It improves the readability of text, especially at smaller font sizes. > To leverage the FlashType engine in Flex 2, you had to create > a SWF that embedded a particular font using the Flash > authoring tool, and then embed that SWF file in your Flex > application. With Flex 2.0.1, the mxmlc compiler can now > embed a font using the FlashType engine directly, eliminating > a step for many developers." > > So I'm back to running fast as long as I dont embed fonts via > css, I'll reenable it when I need to publish a working > version (or look into creating the SWF file on my own and not use CSS) > > On 1/16/07, Tom Chiverton <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:tom.chiverton%40halliwells.com> > wrote: > > On Tuesday 16 January 2007 08:19, pauscato1 wrote: > > > I have only one project running in my flex builder, this is realy > > > anoing it uses 20% of my day. > > > > Have you got auto-compilation turned off ? > > > > -- > > Tom Chiverton > > Helping to heterogeneously incubate robust meta-services > > > > **************************************************** > > > > This email is sent for and on behalf of Halliwells LLP. > > > > Halliwells LLP is a limited liability partnership > registered in England and Wales under registered number > OC307980 whose registered office address is at St James's > Court Brown Street Manchester M2 2JF. A list of members is > available for inspection at the registered office. Any > reference to a partner in relation to Halliwells LLP means a > member of Halliwells LLP. Regulated by the Law Society. > > > > CONFIDENTIALITY > > > > This email is intended only for the use of the addressee > named above and may be confidential or legally privileged. If > you are not the addressee you must not read it and must not > use any information contained in nor copy it nor inform any > person other than Halliwells LLP or the addressee of its > existence or contents. If you have received this email in > error please delete it and notify Halliwells LLP IT > Department on 0870 365 8008. > > > > For more information about Halliwells LLP visit www.halliwells.com. > > > > > > > > -- > > Flexcoders Mailing List > > FAQ: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt > > <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt> > > Search Archives: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com > > <http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > >