Hi everyone, I'm having some trouble with embedded fonts. I have read many many threads/posts about embedded fonts and haven't really gotten anywhere so far.
No matter what I have tried I cannot seem to apply an embedded font to a section of text and have a system font applied to another section of text within the same text field. It almost seems as if you are restricted to using either system fonts or embedded fonts in the same text field. Iv'e got a sample application below which allows me to apply multiple fonts to different selections with a text field - however when I pick one of my embedded fonts, a default system font is used in its place: <mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" layout="absolute" creationComplete="creationComplete(event)"> <mx:Style source=".\stylesheets\primary.css"/> <mx:VBox id="vb"> <mx:Label text="My Title" fontFamily="AdLib RM"/> <mx:TextArea id="textArea" fontSize="26" width="200" height="50"/> <mx:ComboBox id="fontComboBox" dataProvider="{fontFamilyArray}" labelField="fontName" change="fontComboBox_change(event)"/> </mx:VBox> <mx:Script> <![CDATA[ use namespace mx_internal; [Bindable] private var fontFamilyArray:Array; private function creationComplete(event:Event):void { fontFamilyArray = Font.enumerateFonts(true); fontFamilyArray.sortOn("fontName", Array.CASEINSENSITIVE); } private function fontComboBox_change(event:Event):void { var tf:TextFormat = textArea.getTextField().getTextFormat(); var beginIndex:int = textArea.getTextField ().selectionBeginIndex; var endIndex:int = textArea.getTextField().selectionEndIndex; tf.font = fontComboBox.selectedLabel; textArea.getTextField().setTextFormat(tf, beginIndex, endIndex); textArea.invalidateDisplayList(); textArea.validateDisplayList(); } ]]> </mx:Script> </mx:Application> I know the font has been embedded correctly because the label control has the correct font applied to it. If I initialise the font property on the text area to my embedded font (fontFamily="AdLib RM") then when I start typing into the text area the font is correct - and I can select any of the other embedded fonts and they work fine. But selecting a system font for part of the text now causes the text to become hidden. Any advice would be grately appreciated. Cheers, Andy.