Comments on: Simple AS3 dynamic fonts class http://agitatedobserver.com/simple-as3-dynamic-fonts-class/ Observations from the agitated one. Sun, 25 Jul 2010 18:10:58 +1000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: AGI http://agitatedobserver.com/simple-as3-dynamic-fonts-class/comment-page-1/#comment-3425 AGI Tue, 25 Aug 2009 14:14:26 +0000 http://agitatedobserver.com/?p=368#comment-3425 Additional Info: If you are trying to embed a PFM font you might get the following compiler error: "Error: exception during transcoding: Font for alias ... was not found at:" This happens as PFM is a supporting font file and not the actual font file itself. PFB needs to be used instead as that contains the actual data. [Embed(source='C:/windows/fonts/HLLC___.PFB',mimeType="application/x-font-truetype", fontName='hnLightCon', unicodeRange='U+0021-U+007A,U+00BB,U+00A9,U+2122,U+00AE')] public static var _hnLightCon:Class; Font.registerFont(_hnLightCon); trace("Fonts:_hnLightCon LOADED"); You must also provide the mimeType or else the compiler generates the following error: "Error: '*.PFB' does not have a recognized extension, and a mimeType was not provided" Additional Info:

If you are trying to embed a PFM font you might get the following compiler error: “Error: exception during transcoding: Font for alias … was not found at:”

This happens as PFM is a supporting font file and not the actual font file itself. PFB needs to be used instead as that contains the actual data.

[Embed(source='C:/windows/fonts/HLLC___.PFB',mimeType="application/x-font-truetype", fontName='hnLightCon', unicodeRange='U+0021-U+007A,U+00BB,U+00A9,U+2122,U+00AE')]
public static var _hnLightCon:Class;
Font.registerFont(_hnLightCon);
trace(”Fonts:_hnLightCon LOADED”);

You must also provide the mimeType or else the compiler generates the following error: “Error: ‘*.PFB’ does not have a recognized extension, and a mimeType was not provided”

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