Re: FLASH: fonts - how to use clientside fonts

[Marc Hoffman]

At 03:29 PM 12/9/98 +0100, you wrote:

>hi

>wasnt there a way not to include fonts,

>but let the player/plugin use a systemfont instead?

>how is this done ?

>

>__ga


set deviceFont=true in aftershock. This will use system fonts -- the

correct one, if it's on the system, or, if not, the system default font. If

you're using anything other than the most common fonts, this will likely

mess up your layout.  It's hard to see the benefit of this, since if you're

using only one or two common fonts, the outlines for those fonts get

exported only once each to the Shockwave movie, so you're not saving that

much in file size.  On the other hand, if you're using a number of unusual

fonts, why mess up your movie's appearance by using DeviceFont?  The one

use I can imagine is on an intranet where all machines have the fonts you

want to display.  Then again, file size is rarely an issue on intranets.



Marc Hoffman

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