Runtime Dynamic fonts Flash CS3
All the examples showing runtime dynamic fonts for flash cs3 includes that you export swf file with a class that contains embedded font [Embed ??my font??].
This doesn’t really works for me because I need specified characters for a lot of different countrys. Usually when developing a flash application I have to handle between 15-50 countrys.
So I made my own little solution, made one of these for flash 6 for a couple of years ago and the trick still works. It basiclly works by loading shared runtime librarys and then embedded fonts will be shared cross the application when using a lot of swf files.
Making it a static class it’s easy to use.
CSS.loadStyleName = "default";CSS.loadStylePath = "css/";CSS.addEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR, this.onError);CSS.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, this.onComplete);CSS.initialize( this );
And then to use it on textfields.
txtField.styleSheet = CSS.styleSheet;txtField.embedFonts = true;txtField.htmlText = "<span class='subTest'>Embed Arial</span>";txtField.rotation = 5; txtField2.styleSheet = CSS.styleSheet;txtField2.embedFonts = true;txtField2.htmlText = "<span class='subTest'>Try embed Arial Black</span>";txtField2.rotation = -5;
To make this work.
1.1) Create your shared library file (example: default_lib.fla)
1.2) Create MovieClip on stage and export it for runtime.
1.3) In the MovieClip create a textfield for each font you need, embedd all the characters needed.
2.1) Create your shared library holder file (example: default.fla)
2.2) On the stage add the runtime MovieClip and give it instance name mcFont
3.1) Create your css file (example: default.css)
3.2) Add the styles that your need
4.1) In the Application file add the following load code (look at example in top)
You can download example files here: runtimefonts_as3