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List:       swftools-common
Subject:    [Swftools-common] tip for embedding fonts and modifying text with actionscript
From:       "Sairam Suresh" <sairam () flipclips ! com>
Date:       2007-09-27 1:39:08
Message-ID: 9363bb4c0709261839o1db36511l9eafcd73722140dc () mail ! gmail ! com
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For those bashing their heads against dynamically adding/modifying text
blocks in actionscript with fonts embedded by swfc, here's a snippet of code
that might help you out:

.flash bbox=420x240
   .font helvetica-light "helvetica-light.swf"

   .sprite layer1
    .action:
      this.createTextField("text_1",1,37,41,240,44);
      text_1.multiline = false;
      text_1.wordWrap = false;
      text_1.border = false;

      format_1 = new TextFormat();
      format_1.align="left";
      format_1.font="helvetica-light";
      format_1.size=22;
      format_1.color = 0xFFFFFF;

      text_1.embedFonts = true;
      text_1.text = _root.text1;
      text_1.setTextFormat(format_1);
    .end
   .end

   .put layer1

.end


The resulting .swf can be called with the urlencoded parameter text1 like
so:

http://mydomain.com/test.swf?text1=blah+blah+blah

Of course, this seems like the long way around when swfc provides most of
that functionality for you, but when I was writing a function in
actionscript that needed a particular embedded font, without the
text_1.embedFonts=true; line I was always unsuccessful.

Hopefully this will save you some time if you're in the same boat.

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For those bashing their heads against dynamically adding/modifying text blocks in \
actionscript with fonts embedded by swfc, here&#39;s a snippet of code that might \
help you out:<br><blockquote><font size="1"><span style="font-family: courier \
                new,monospace;">
.flash bbox=420x240 <br>&nbsp;&nbsp; .font helvetica-light \
&quot;helvetica-light.swf&quot;</span><br style="font-family: courier \
new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">&nbsp;&nbsp; \
</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"> <span style="font-family: \
courier new,monospace;">&nbsp;&nbsp; .sprite layer1</span><br style="font-family: \
courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier \
new,monospace;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; .action:</span><br style="font-family: courier \
new,monospace;"> <span style="font-family: courier \
new,monospace;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \
this.createTextField(&quot;text_1&quot;,1,37,41,240,44);</span><br \
style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier \
new,monospace;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; text_1.multiline = false; </span><br \
style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier \
new,monospace;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; text_1.wordWrap = false;</span><br \
style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier \
new,monospace;"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; text_1.border = false;</span><br \
style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><br style="font-family: courier \
new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier \
new,monospace;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; format_1 = new TextFormat();</span> \
<br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier \
new,monospace;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \
format_1.align=&quot;left&quot;;</span><br style="font-family: courier \
new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"> \
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; format_1.font=&quot;helvetica-light&quot;;</span><br \
style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier \
new,monospace;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; format_1.size=22;</span><br \
style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"> <span style="font-family: courier \
new,monospace;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; format_1.color = 0xFFFFFF;</span><br \
style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier \
new,monospace;">&nbsp; </span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"> <span \
style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \
text_1.embedFonts = true;</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span \
style="font-family: courier new,monospace; font-weight: \
bold;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; text_1.text = _root.text1; </span><br \
style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier \
new,monospace;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \
text_1.setTextFormat(format_1);</span><br style="font-family: courier \
new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \
.end</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: \
courier new,monospace;">&nbsp;&nbsp; .end<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; <br>&nbsp;&nbsp; .put \
layer1<br><br>.end<br></span></font></blockquote><br>The resulting .swf can be called \
with the urlencoded parameter text1 like so: <br><br><a \
href="http://mydomain.com/test.swf?text1=blah+blah+blah">http://mydomain.com/test.swf?text1=blah+blah+blah</a><br><br>Of \
course, this seems like the long way around when swfc provides most of that \
functionality for you, but when I was writing a function in actionscript that needed \
a particular embedded font, without the  <span style="font-weight: \
bold;">text_1.embedFonts=true;</span> line I was always unsuccessful. \
<br><br>Hopefully this will save you some time if you&#39;re in the same boat.<br>



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