Yes, I've been experimenting with the sizes. It helps, but I do notice strange rendering's with italics and underlined words. Thanks for the pointer that Flex does font sizing in pixels.
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Maciek Sakrejda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm not sure if this will solve your problem, but for what it's worth, > Flex font sizes are calculated in pixels, and *not* in points. This > means that setting the font to the same size will make it a little > smaller in Flex. Try bumping up the font size a couple of pixels and see > if that helps. > > -- > Maciek Sakrejda > Truviso, Inc. > http://www.truviso.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: Todd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [flexcoders] Why are my embedded TrueType Fonts looking so > horrible in Flex App > Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:44:35 -0000 > > Hello All, > I've embeded a True Type Font (Agency FB) into my Flex application. > However, it looks terrible compared to the same font, same size, same > weight in MS Excel. > Any insights on how I can improve this, or what's going on? > I don't care about swf size in this particular app, if that helps with > a solution. > > See the image of comparing the Flex app vs MS Excel at Flickr: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/taude/2331526186/ > > As you can tell, the embedded Flex font is smaller and more tightly > packed together. > > Thanks for any help >
