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Thread: Usable fonts

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Steven Harte

post date:
2010-04-19 18:17:17
In using Text FX2, it seems like a lot of my fonts aren't working.

I am guessing that it only uses True Type fonts not Postscript?

Any info on what fonts I can use?

Thanks much!
Steven Harte

post date:
2010-04-19 19:25:07
Also noticing I can't use many of the font weights. So selecting Futura Bold will not work. What seems to work is select Futura and then click the bold button in the text editor.

Would like more info on how to work with fonts.
Andrei Rinciog [Extend Studio]

post date:
2010-04-20 05:25:40
Hello Steven,

Our component can only use the fonts that are working in the FLA file. When you embed a font using our component what actually happens in the back is that a dynamic text field is created using the font you choose. Inside this text field are placed all the characters that your text needs. However, Flash doesn't handle well fonts that have more weights. It displays only one of them. For example, if you create a new text field and check the font list, you will notice that you only have "Futura" inside. "Futura bold" doesn't exists and can't be selected.
The same thing happens when our component tries to use the font on the text field. Because "Futura bold" isn't available, just uses "Futura". However, when the movie is exported, it tries to load the "Futura Bold" font and because that's not available the text won't be visible.

To summarize, the fonts that are available inside the FLA when you create a new text field should work just fine inside the component.

Here's a thread that I found about the same issue: http://www.bigresource.com/Tracker/Track-flash-dMTAkXDuP/

Regards,
Andrei Rinciog