[swfmill] [Fwd: Re: Font Embedding]

gabriel gbelvedere at gmail.com
Wed Feb 4 07:47:25 PST 2009


and you are running swfmill as simple on my xml file, right? I'm 
starting to think i'm dumb...or doomed :P


Baluta Cristian wrote:
> i'm using macosx and i've tried exactly your files.
>
> On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 2:40 PM, gabriel <gbelvedere at gmail.com 
> <mailto:gbelvedere at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     What SO are you using? I've tried in kubuntu and xp also with the
>     same results :S
>
>
>     thanks
>
>     Baluta Cristian wrote:
>>     you're not doing anything wrong, might be the "Vista windoz" wich
>>     i understood you've used
>>     here's my swf.
>>     try another font.
>>
>>     On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 2:26 PM, Jens-Fabian Goetzmann
>>     <post at jefago.de <mailto:post at jefago.de>> wrote:
>>
>>         Do you have the font file in the correct directory and
>>         readable by your user account?
>>
>>         Regards,
>>
>>         Jens-Fabian Goetzmann
>>
>>         gabriel schrieb:
>>
>>             Hi Cristian,
>>
>>             so what I'm missing?
>>
>>             do you see any error in the code?
>>
>>             i'm running it like:
>>
>>             swfmill.exe simple embedding.xml embedding.swf
>>
>>             is that correct?
>>             anything that would no be that obvious?
>>
>>             thanks
>>
>>
>>             Baluta Cristian wrote:
>>
>>                 yes, i see the correct font
>>
>>                 On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 2:08 PM, gabriel
>>                 <gbelvedere at gmail.com <mailto:gbelvedere at gmail.com>
>>                 <mailto:gbelvedere at gmail.com
>>                 <mailto:gbelvedere at gmail.com>>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>                    hi again..
>>
>>                    those who said "it works for me",  by it works, do
>>                 you mean that
>>                    you see a weird font?
>>
>>                    this is the font I expect to see
>>
>>
>>                    but this is what I get...
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>                    I really don't get it.
>>                    I'm running swfmill from vista, XP, y ubuntu, and
>>                 I get the same
>>                    thing :S
>>
>>
>>                    I paste my **really** simple code here to see if
>>                 any of you find
>>                    any error but I can't see it :(
>>
>>
>>                    <movie width="320" height="240" framerate="12">
>>                      <background color="#ffffff"/>
>>                        <font id="jettat" name="jettat"
>>                 import="jettat.ttf" />
>>                        <textfield id="hellobox" width="200"
>>                 height="50" size="20"
>>                    font="jettat" text="HELLO world!"/>
>>                        <place id="hellobox" name="output" depth="10"/>
>>                      <frame/>
>>                    </movie>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>                    thanks again
>>
>>
>>
>>                    Axel Huizinga wrote:
>>
>>                        Hi Gabriel, are you working with windows?
>>                        I tried your example and on windows it didn't
>>                     work for me too
>>                        until I installed the font into the
>>                        windows fonts directory - weird but then it works
>>
>>                        Axel
>>
>>                            Mark, thanks I can't figure it out...
>>
>>                            I've tried your suggestion and no way:
>>
>>                            <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?>
>>                                  <movie width="320" height="240"
>>                         framerate="12">
>>                              <background color="#ffffff"/>
>>                                <font id="*jettat*" name="*jettat*"
>>                         import="*jettat*.ttf" />
>>                                <textfield id="hellobox" width="200"
>>                         height="50" size="20"
>>                            font="*jettat*" text="HELLO world!"/>
>>                                <place id="hellobox" name="output"
>>                         depth="10"/>
>>                              <frame/>
>>                            </movie>
>>
>>                            The library tag has something to do here?
>>                         swfmill is not
>>                            complaining about anything.
>>                            The TTF file is called "jettat.ttf" and
>>                         the font name is "Jetta
>>                            Tech". I assume that @font in textfield is
>>                         "jettat" (the font
>>                            id) right?
>>                            I've attached the ttf file, can you test
>>                         it please? so we know
>>                            if is working or not?  
>>                            I'm compiling like this:
>>
>>                            swfmill.exe simple testText.xml testText.swf
>>
>>                            is that correct?
>>
>>                            thanks again.
>>                            Gabriel
>>
>>                            Mark Winterhalder wrote:
>>
>>                                    What is vera.ttf ? it is the real
>>                                 TrueType file?
>>                                        
>>
>>                                Yes.
>>
>>                                  
>>
>>                                    The ID (vera in this case) may be
>>                                 anything? or should be the font name, and
>>                                    how do you use it in the TextField?
>>                                        
>>
>>                                Yes, both -- it /may/ be anything, but
>>                             /should/ be the font name for
>>                                clarity's sake.
>>                                What's missing in the tutorial,
>>                             because font handling in Swfmill has
>>                                developed much further since it was
>>                             written, is that there's also a
>>                                @name attribute to go with @id. @id is
>>                             the Swfmill internal name (for
>>                                textfields created in Swfmill), @name
>>                             is for AS usage (textfields
>>                                created by the script).
>>
>>                                So, try this:
>>                                <font id="KlingonBlade"
>>                             name="KlingonBlade"
>>                             import="KlingonBlade.ttf" />
>>
>>                                Note the @name attribute I added. An
>>                             advantage of this is that you can
>>                                import multiple font types, like
>>                             normal, bold, italic etc., and all
>>                                give them the same @name. When you use
>>                             a bold style in your textfield,
>>                                the appropriate font style will be chosen.
>>
>>                                HTH,
>>                                Mark
>>
>>
>>
>>                                On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 10:14 AM,
>>                             gabriel <gbelvedere at gmail.com
>>                             <mailto:gbelvedere at gmail.com>>
>>                             <mailto:gbelvedere at gmail.com
>>                             <mailto:gbelvedere at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>                                  
>>
>>                                    Hi Robin,
>>
>>                                    I've already checked this link,
>>                                 but I had problems doing this:
>>
>>                                    Fonts work slightly different. To
>>                                 import all numerical characters of
>>                                    vera.ttf as "vera", you would add
>>                                 the following after the library node:
>>
>>                                    <font id="vera"
>>                                 import="library/vera.ttf"
>>                                 glyphs="0123456789"/>
>>
>>
>>
>>                                    What is vera.ttf ? it is the real
>>                                 TrueType file?
>>                                    The ID (vera in this case) may be
>>                                 anything? or should be the font name, and
>>                                    how do you use it in the TextField?
>>
>>                                    I made a quick (really quick)
>>                                 sample with a weird TTF and it
>>                                 does'nt work
>>                                    for me :(
>>
>>                                    <?xml version="1.0"
>>                                 encoding="iso-8859-1" ?>
>>
>>                                    <movie width="320" height="240"
>>                                 framerate="12">
>>                                        <background color="#ffffff"/>
>>                                        <font id="KlingonBlade"
>>                                 import="KlingonBlade.ttf"
>>                                    glyphs="abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz!"/>
>>                                        <textfield id="hellobox"
>>                                 width="200" height="50" size="20"
>>                                    font="KlingonBlade" text="hello
>>                                 world!"/>
>>                                        <place id="hellobox"
>>                                 name="output" depth="10"/>
>>                                      <frame/>
>>                                    </movie>
>>
>>                                    and this is what I get
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>                                    thanks again for the time!
>>                                    Gabriel
>>
>>
>>                                    Robin Palotai wrote:
>>
>>                                    Hi!, Check
>>                                 http://swfmill.org/doc/using-swfmill.html#fonts
>>                                    Cheers
>>
>>                                    Robin
>>                                    --
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>>
>>
>>                                    On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 11:00 AM,
>>                                 gabriel <gbelvedere at gmail.com
>>                                 <mailto:gbelvedere at gmail.com>>
>>                                 <mailto:gbelvedere at gmail.com
>>                                 <mailto:gbelvedere at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>                                    Hi all,
>>
>>                                    can anyone please point me in the
>>                                 right direction about embedding fonts
>>                                 with
>>                                    swfmill?
>>
>>
>>                                    thanks
>>                                    Gabriel
>>
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