problems with embedFonts

[Taldos]

ahoy!

am dynamically creating a textField.

_root.createTextField("firstText", 1, 300, this._y, 300, 100);
myFormat = new TextFormat()
myFormat.bold = 1;
_root.firstText.text = "just testing";
_root.firstText.setTextFormat(myFormat);
_root.firstText.embedFonts = 1;

I am trying to do this because i want to use the _rotation option on my text field. however, if the fonts are not embed text vanishes.
but, even when i do place the embed call text still vanishes. am unsure as to what might be the problem. any ideas?

[blooo]

In order to use embedFonts, you first have to add the font to your library. (Add Fonts from the library menu). Then, make sure the linkage of the font is set to "Export for ActionScript"

[Fade]

Blooo,

I've been having the same issue as Taldos. Thanks for clearing it up for me (and hopefully him as well)!

Good luck on your proj. Taldos!

Thanks,
--FADE

[Billy T]

I can't get this to work properly

I have added a font to my library (checked the boxes for bold and italic as well), set its linkage name as "thaFont" and am try to use it in a text box with

_root.createTextField("newText",1,50,50,100,300);
newText.text="hi";
newText.font="thaFont";
newText.embedFonts=true;

but it ain't working

what am I doing wrong?

Thanks

[Billy T]

ok I figured it out

the link to the font in the library has to be done within a TextFormat object

If anyone wants an example see attached

cheers

[tg]

thanks billyt... this helped me out a bunch.

[Billy T]

you're more than welcome

[dbonneville]

I'm having a similar problem. I want to do the same but draw the text box dynamically and have it be an input box, set to HTML true and display htmlText, and I can't get it to work. It just disappears. I put the font in the library, to no avail so far. Here's my code...

//create main text box
this.createTextField("typingArea1",100,-330,-100.5,659,242);

typingArea1.html = true;
typingArea1.htmlText = "my new text<br>and another line";

typingArea1.wordWrap = true;
typingArea1.multiline = true;
typingArea1.border = true;
typingArea1.background = true;
typingArea1.backgroundColor = 0xFFFFFF;
typingArea1.autoSize = "left";
typingArea1.type = "input";

currentFormat = new TextFormat();
currentFormat.font = "Arial";
currentFormat.size = 24;
currentFormat.color = 0xFF0000;

typingArea1.embedFonts = true;

typingArea1.setTextFormat(currentFormat);

Thanks for any help or suggestions on this. Is this an order of precedence problem?

[tg]

if you've put your font in your library, then set up a linkage for it... use a linkage name like 'myFont'
then in your code:

//change:
//currentFormat.font = "Arial"; 
//to:
currentFormat.font = "myFont";

and giver a whirl.

[dbonneville]

I put in the fonts (several of them) and gave them names, and did one as you say, "myFont". I have linkage set up to export for actionscript, first frame. I have a trace that even shows that the font name is beeing seen by flash without a problem, but yet the face on screen at runtime is still Times Roman, and jagged too, when it should be smooth.

Here is my current code:

//create main text box
this.createTextField("typingArea1",100,-330,-100.5,659,242);

typingArea1.wordWrap = true;
typingArea1.multiline = true;
typingArea1.border = true;
typingArea1.background = true;
typingArea1.backgroundColor = 0xFFFFFF;
typingArea1.autoSize = "left";
typingArea1.type = "input";

typingArea1.html = true;
typingArea1.htmlText = "my new text<br>line two";

currentFormat = new TextFormat();
currentFormat.embedFonts = true;
currentFormat.size = 50;
currentFormat.color = 0xFF0000;
currentFormat.font = "myFont";

typingArea1.setTextFormat(currentFormat)

/////////////

trace(typingArea1._y+" right here");
trace(typingArea1._width);
trace(typingArea1.backgroundColor);
trace(typingArea1.text);
trace(typingArea1.htmlText);
trace("font = "+currentFormat.font);

typingArea1.setTextFormat(currentFormat)

What on earth could still be wrong? Thanks for your eyes on this one!

Doug