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List:       swiff-info
Subject:    [swiff-info] Re: Flash Fonts
From:       Nick Main <d_nick_main>
Date:       1999-10-11 17:12:29
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>From experiment it appears that the DefineFont glyph
outlines are defined as if for a 50 point font and
then scaled for other font sizes.  Can anyone
authoritatively confirm this ?

--- Jeff Martin <jeff> wrote:
> > (1) Does Flash use an end of line character to
> separate lines of  
> text, or
> >     does it write out a separate DefineText record
> for each line?
> 
> You write out a different text record for each line.
> Also, a  
> different text record when you change fonts,
> mid-line.
> 
> > (2) If I have two instances of a particular font,
> does Flash use  
> the same
> >     path record for both (albeit scaled to suit),
> or does it store the 
> >     paths for both sizes? (I suspect the latter,
> since fonts aren't 
> >     necessarily the same shape at different
> sizes.)
> 
> You just write out one font. I don't think there is
> support for  
> bitmap fonts. You could easily choose to write out
> different fonts  
> for different sizes (by permuting the name and font
> id), but I don't  
> see why.
> 
> Jeff Martin
> ReportMill Software
> 408.873.1837
> jeff
> http://www.reportmill.com
> 
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