That's a really good idea that I didn't think of. I'll try that tonight when I get home and see. Maybe I'll just give it 5 seconds and see what happens.
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Harui" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Load is asynchronous so there is no guarantee that FontHolder is loaed > by the time you run inited() > > > > ________________________________ > > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of joshuajnoble > Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2007 10:44 AM > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Loading Fonts at runtime on OSX? > > > > > Ha, well ok. The vomit is > > paramter font cannot be null > > for Font.registerFont. The FontHolder class looks like so: > > package > { > import flash.display.Sprite > > public class FontHolder extends Sprite > { > [Embed(fontFamily="ArialBlack", > source="C://WINDOWS//Fonts//ariblk.TTF <C://WINDOWS/Fonts/ariblk.TTF> > ")] > public static var ArialBlack:Class; > } > } > > So I'm really not sure what it's all about because it works fine > loading accessing the font on a PC with the exact same code. This code > to be exact: > > public class FontLoadingTest extends Sprite > { > public function FontLoadingTest() > { > var ld:Loader = new Loader(); > ld.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.INIT, inited); > ld.load(new URLRequest("FontHolder.swf")); > } > > private function inited(event:Event):void > { > var t:Class = > event.target.applicationDomain.getDefinition("FontHolder") as Class; > Font.registerFont(t.ArialBlack); > var tf:TextField = new TextField(); > tf.defaultTextFormat = new TextFormat("ArialBlack", 12, 0); > tf.embedFonts = true; > tf.rotation = 15; // to demonstrate the embed worked > tf.text = "blah blah blahnblah blah blahnblah blah blah "; > addChild(tf); > } > } > > Any ideas, humorous or otherwise? > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > , Bjorn Schultheiss > <bjorn.schultheiss@> wrote: > > > > Depends what you ate or drank the night before, > > I mean the smell is probably interesting than what it looks like. > > > > What it tastes like is a whole other story ;) > > > > Just kidding, Alex... > > > > > > On 01/05/2007, at 4:24 PM, Alex Harui wrote: > > > > > > > > What does the vomit look like? And what does the FontHolder class > > > look like? > > > > > > > > > > > > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > > > [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> ] On Behalf Of joshuajnoble > > > Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 6:29 PM > > > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > > > > Subject: [flexcoders] Loading Fonts at runtime on OSX? > > > > > > > > > > > > Wondering if anyone else has run into this: I'm loading fonts at > > > runtime via a swf that has a font embedded in it. I can't get the > font > > > embedded on my OSX machine, so I compile the font swf on my pc and > > > then bring it over to my OSX machine and try to load it into the > > > application swf like so: > > > > > > private function fontSWFLoaded(event:Event):void > > > { > > > var holder:Class = > > > event.target.applicationDomain.getDefinition("FontHolder") as Class; > > > Font.registerFont( holder.Kartika ); > > > videoOverlay.overlay.fontLoaded(); > > > } > > > > > > It vomits every time on Font.registerFont. This exact same code > works > > > fine on my PC. Now, I don't have Kartika > > > installed on my mac, which could be part of the problem I suppose so > > > my next is going to be trying with Arial, but does anyone have any > > > ideas? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
