RE: FLASH: Font problem in flash3

[David Owen]

Fonts have been vexing me lately in Flash as well. I am on a Mac using ATM

4.0 and should be able to use postscript fonts. Macromedia does not

recommend Postscript and says that Flash is designed to work with True Type.

In fact I used Postscript fonts for some time without incident,  through the

workings of ATM.


 Lately however I am experiencing a predictible and repeatable behavior that

is suspiciously like a bug. When Flash is first launched after system boot,

I am able to export ONE movie that contains Post Script fonts without

incident. If I try to export the same movie again (or test movie) I am given

the error dialog that warns the outlines can not be found and should appear

aliased in the authoring environment. In fact the fonts in question are

anti-aliased in the authoring environment which indicates that Flash is

finding the outlines without problem. At some point in the export routine

either Flash or ATM is failing to provide the needed outlines, but only

after the first time!


I have talked to MM tech support and all they can offer is that I should use

True Type. I have reinstalled both ATM and Flash with no improvement.


If I want to make a movie that contains PS fonts I must reboot my system,

launch Flash and make One movie.


Needless to say this is irritating.






* Owen *


> ----------

> From: 	Brad Bechtel

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Reply To: flashershocker [dot] com

> Sent: 	Friday, September 25, 1998 10:48 AM

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To: flashershocker [dot] com

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Cc: tim [dot] hawkinseasynet [dot] net

> Subject: 	RE: FLASH: Font problem in flash3

> 

> >Having installed flash 3 upgrade, a number of my fonts are not

> >recognised by flash.

> >has anyone else noticed this, a colleague of mine has the same problem

> >so it can't be me doing some thing stupid.

> 

> What kind of fonts are not being recognized?  What operating system are

> you using?

> 

> Please provide more information so we can figure out what's up.

> 

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