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Re: Dynamic text does not bold

You mean I have to specify to Flash that the fonts used are already installed on
the client?

You seem to know way more about Flash than do I ;-)

--- In FLASHmacromedia@yahoogroups.com, becky@... wrote:
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> Ah, but do you tell Flash to use "device fonts"? If not, the benefit is lost.

Mon Jul 13, 2009 6:31 pm

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I just discovered that Flash refuses to apply the bold attribute to dynamic text fields. If I make a static text field and make it bold, that renders without...	powershrimp	Jul 3, 2009 10:36 pm
Yes, I do know how to get dynamic bold text. It works exactly the way the documentation says it does. I'd tell you the answer, but you should really ask a bit...	becky@... beckykanokinney	Jul 3, 2009 10:40 pm
I am a Flash animator, not a programmer. I love the animation part of Flash and have worked with this software for 11 years, but I do not like ActionScript and...	powershrimp	Jul 9, 2009 2:51 am
There is no actionscript required, at least, not in AS2. All you have to do is embed the bold characters you expect to need in your dynamic text. The easiest...	becky@... beckykanokinney	Jul 9, 2009 5:29 pm
Thanks for the advice, Becky. I only used default fonts which come installed on everybody's PCs. I used AS3's form class to bold the text. It is interesting...	powershrimp	Jul 12, 2009 5:57 pm
Ah, but do you tell Flash to use "device fonts"? If not, the benefit is lost. Becky Thanks for the advice, Becky. I only used default fonts which come...	becky@... beckykanokinney	Jul 12, 2009 10:43 pm
You mean I have to specify to Flash that the fonts used are already installed on the client? You seem to know way more about Flash than do I ;-)...	powershrimp	Jul 13, 2009 10:51 pm
I wouldn't put it that way. What you do is check the "use device fonts" checkbox. This tells Flash to look for the font on the client-side rather than embed...	becky@... beckykanokinney	Jul 14, 2009 2:03 pm
Wow! You do know way more about this subject than I do. Ideally, I would like to use device fonts on Windows but for other platforms, this just does not work,...	powershrimp	Jul 16, 2009 12:36 am

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