Almost every Flash project needs some embedded fonts and it is a good practice to compile the fonts into a separate SWF file. So here is a simple way to create a file that contains only embedded fonts. The SWF file will also show the exact internal font names:
- Copy and paste the ActionScript code below into the first keyframe of your timeline.
- Create new fonts in flash library and export them for ActionScript.
A good tutorial can be found here. - Run ONLY the code for step 2 to evalute and trace the exact font names.
- Assign the exact font names to the actual library symbols and their export class name.
- Run ONLY the code for step 4 to export the swf.
Security.allowDomain( "*" ); // Step 1: Create new fonts in flash library // and select "Export for ActionScript". // Step 2: Run ONLY this code to evalute and trace the exact font names. /**/ var embeddedFonts : Array = Font.enumerateFonts ( false ); var c : uint = embeddedFonts.length; for ( var i : uint = 0; i < c; i++ ) { var font : Font = embeddedFonts[ i ] as Font; var className : String = font.fontName.split( " " ).join( "" ); var lowerFontStyle : String = font.fontStyle.toLowerCase(); if ( lowerFontStyle.indexOf( "bold" ) != -1 ) className += "Bold"; if ( lowerFontStyle.indexOf( "italic" ) != -1 ) className += "Italic"; trace( className ); } /**/ // Step 3: Assign the exact font names to the actual // library symbols and their export class name. // Step 4: Export the swf using ONLY this code. /**/ var posX : int = 10; var posY : int = 10; var embeddedFonts : Array = Font.enumerateFonts ( false ); embeddedFonts.sortOn( "fontName", Array.CASEINSENSITIVE ); var c : uint = embeddedFonts.length; for ( var i : uint = 0; i < c; i++ ) { var font : Font = embeddedFonts[ i ] as Font; var lowerFontStyle : String = font.fontStyle.toLowerCase(); var textFormat : TextFormat = new TextFormat(); textFormat.bold = ( lowerFontStyle.indexOf( "bold" ) != -1 ); textFormat.italic = ( lowerFontStyle.indexOf( "italic" ) != -1 ); textFormat.font = font.fontName; textFormat.size = 14; var className : String = font.fontName.split( " " ).join( "" ); if ( textFormat.bold ) className += "Bold"; if ( textFormat.italic ) className += "Italic"; Font.registerFont( Class( getDefinitionByName( className ) ) ); var boldItalic : String = ""; if ( textFormat.bold && textFormat.italic ) { boldItalic = "( needs to be BOLD and ITALIC ! )"; } else if ( textFormat.bold ) { boldItalic = "( needs to be BOLD ! )"; } else if ( textFormat.italic ) { boldItalic = "( needs to be ITALIC ! )"; } var textField : TextField = new TextField(); textField.autoSize = TextFieldAutoSize.LEFT; textField.defaultTextFormat = textFormat; textField.embedFonts = true; textField.text = font.fontName + "\t" + boldItalic; textField.x = posX; textField.y = posY; posY += textField.height + 5; addChild( textField ); } /**/
