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embedFont = true causes the text to disappear in flash

Hi guys,

I am currently building a dynamic carousel type project in flash. It's run via an XML file. So I am dynamically creating everything including a text field which sits underneath the image. The problem is this. As the text field is dynamic, i need to dynamically set/embed the font (Helvetica). I have create a new font in my library and given it the linkage name fHelvetica.

Below is the code with which I am attempting to set the textfields formatting.

On runtime, the text within the text area does not display if i have embedFont=true. If i set it to false, it does not recognise fHelvetica and just displays in Times New Roman (default).

Any help would be amazing, really in a rush to get this fixed now.

// Style vars
var oFontStyle:Font = new fHelvetica();
var oBoothTitleFormat:TextFormat=new TextFormat();
oBoothTitleFormat.bold=true;
oBoothTitleFormat.font="fHelvetica";
oBoothTitleFormat.size=16;
 
var oText:TextField=oMovie.createTextField("oBoothTitle"+nId,_root.oBoothHolder.getNextHighestDepth(),0,0,0,0);
oText.wordWrap=false;
oText.autoSize=true;
oText.embedFonts=true;
oText.text=_oBoothCache[0][1]//"Test text";
oText.setTextFormat(oBoothTitleFormat);

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Aneesh Chopra

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jhaley-telecomtv

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Thanks Aneesh.

No luck there though.

If I remove embedFonts, the font's show, but not as helvetica, so it's like it is not seeing dHelvetica as a valid font. Yet it is in the flash font list. So when i created the textarea, i could choose "fHelvetica*". I have tried the following aswell to no avail!

oBoothTitleFormat.font="fHelvetica*";

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jhaley-telecomtv

ASKER

Sorry, I meant fHelvetica!

Aneesh Chopra

sorry, you should remove the your font symbol from library before implementing my earlier suggestion.
and must choose Helvatica from the font list.

I know that by using this approach you might have to change all references to your font symbol.
but this is required and then my suggested solution will work.

jhaley-telecomtv

ASKER

Ah yes that works! Thankyou. Very frustrating issue. Is there anyway around it? Is it addressed in AS3?

jhaley-telecomtv

ASKER

Thanks!