Re: FLASH: TEXT IN FLASH - HELP !

[Helen Triolo]

Paul Willoughby wrote:

> 

> *snip of Randy's post*

> For plain static text, the font is rendered according to the selected font,

> but

> the 'include font outlines' option is for (and only available in) text

> fields.

> Since text fields can be changed on the client-side they will rely on the

> user's

> installed fonts unless you include font outlines so your specified font can

> be

> rendered in vectors "on the fly."

> *snip*


> I think I was just struck with a moment of self-doubt when Helen wrote > that if you select a font for a text field Flash will automatically > export that font with the movie (which it don't as far as I can tell - > no offence Helen!)


None taken and you're right.  My bad for confusing text fields

(editable) with type blocks (not-editable).  It also appears that if you

don't include font outlines with text fields, they can show up looking

really ugly even if the user does have the font installed (I just tried

it with Caslon Bd BT, which I like, and got some horrid-looking

letters).  But then when I do include font outlines, it seems I lose

some of the characteristics of the text -- eg, the bold went away on my

text when I included font outlines... ?

 

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