Re: [Flashcoders] CS5 text problem

2011-08-11 Thread John R. Sweeney Jr.
Hi Andrew, A fellow developer of mine just suggested the same thing. I'll see how this works. Thanks, John On Aug 11, 2011, at 8:40 AM, Andrew Sinning wrote: > Hi John, > > We've been confronting similar issues the last few days. There are > some subtle differences in the way font embedding

Re: [Flashcoders] CS5 text problem

2011-08-11 Thread John R. Sweeney Jr.
Hi Henrik, Thanks for the suggestion. The font was embedded in the way you describe, which is why I'm a little concerned. Your steps are the way I usually embed fonts. Have a good day, John On Aug 11, 2011, at 8:36 AM, Henrik Andersson wrote: > It is a very common problem. You need to embed t

Re: [Flashcoders] CS5 text problem

2011-08-11 Thread Andrew Sinning
to clarify: I think the reason that the "bold" setting got us is that the CS5 authoring environment does not seem to indicate how text is styled. On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 8:40 AM, Andrew Sinning wrote: > Hi John, > > We've been confronting similar issues the last few days.  There are > some subtle

Re: [Flashcoders] CS5 text problem

2011-08-11 Thread Andrew Sinning
Hi John, We've been confronting similar issues the last few days. There are some subtle differences in the way font embedding works between the two versions which can mess you up. Here's how we have fixed this: Our problem was with Arial Narrow, set to "bold". The font that is embedded is "Ari

Re: [Flashcoders] CS5 text problem

2011-08-11 Thread Henrik Andersson
It is a very common problem. You need to embed the font in a different way that is not automatically dealt with. Just find the textfield on the stage, select it and click on the embed button in the properties inspector panel to add the correct symbol for the font. Flash will then automatical

[Flashcoders] CS5 text problem

2011-08-11 Thread John R. Sweeney Jr.
Hi All, I have a legacy project created in CS3, Flash Player 9, AS2. Works and compiles fine. I decided to bring it into the 21st century and opened it, made a simple change and saved it in CS5. I compiled for the same Flash Player 9 and AS2 and now I have two dynamic textfields that do not sho