1. I've got MAIN.SWF with embedded fonts, using actionscript to create
TextFields - and it works fine
2. Then I've got small PRELOADER.SWF which creates MovieClip instance and
loades into it MAIN.SWF
file using loadMovie

everything is fine except that all TextFields which are created in MAIN.SWF
with actionscript have no fonts. other TextFields - created with toolbar on
Stage looks fine.

I see fonts in AS-created TextFields only when I load MAIN.SWF to _root in
PRELOADER.SWF - but then of course my preloader dissapears (it's in _root)

anybody can help?

{flash 6.0}

not likely a flash bug. it's much more likely a path reference problem in
main.fla. are you using a reference to _root in any of your code in main.fla?
if that doesn't help you track down the problem, you can zip and upload main.fla

here are the scripts (also attached)

[preloader.fla]
mc=createEmptyMovieClip("mc",1);
mc.loadMovie ("main.swf");

[main.fla]
font1="Geometric415BlkEU";
txtformat = new TextFormat(); with(txtformat){ color = 0x000000; font = font1;
size = 16; }
mc1=createEmptyMovieClip("mc1",2);
mc1.createTextField("txt",1,0,0,100,20);
mc1["txt"].embedFonts = true;
mc1["txt"].text = "text text text";
mc1["txt"].setTextFormat(txtformat);

(main.fla has textfield on stage with Geometric415BlkEU and selected
characters to embed)

and now:
Flash 6.0 - works wrong
Flash 7.0 - works fine

and the problem is - I need to use 6.0

?
uho

here's ZIP with FLA
http://www.knasiecki.com/tmp/font-problem.zip

and SWF:
http://www.knasiecki.com/tmp/main.swf

i don't see anything working whether main is played alone or as flash 7 or
flash 6. that's because there's no exported font. in order to embed fonts on
a dynamically created textfield you to to link a font in your library for
export. so,

in your preloader, click on the upper right of your library, click new font,
pick the one your want from the dropdown box. that font should appear in your
library. right click on it, tick linkage and give it a linkage id, like
Geometric415BlkEU.

if you link a font in main's libary you'll need to check the use of shared
libraries so movies that load main will have access to its library.

now compile your swfs and test.

I am really not a beginner:

1. main.fla alone works fine (check the link) - shows "text text text".
(main.fla has embedded font)
2. preloader.fla works fine with main.fla when both are compiled with MX2004
as 7.0, with FLASH MX as 6.0 - they don't.

About you answer - I don't want to include font in preloader - this is just an
example with 1 font - but in my real files I use 4 fonts (50KB) and including
them in preloader makes no sense (size) - and preloader doesn't use fonts.

so I still don't know how to make small preloader for FLASH6 file with
embedded fonts and AS textfields.

uho

Hi!!

Try this , this is a old school tip for embedding fonts and don?t increase the
preloader .

Here is an example that use only a 1KB for the preload with a embed font.
Flash 6 AS 1.0 it works fine to with mx 2004
Happy Flash.

Be fearless
Fearless.Studio

but still - I use kilobytes of actionscript (I write movies in pure AS) - and I
need to use preloader in other file.

is it really impossible to build preloader which will load file with embedded
fonts and AS-created textfields properly in Flash6? and nobody had this problem
before?

uhouho

Hi!!

OK master you can use shared libraries to embed the font and after load on your files

Be Fearless

I did it, but it solves nothing

you write:

"in your preloader, click on the upper right of your library, click new font,
pick the one your want from the dropdown box. that font should appear in your
library. right click on it, tick linkage and give it a linkage id, like
Geometric415BlkEU."

and I can't attach fonts in preloader.SWF because of their size (4
fonts=50kb==too much for preloader)

Hi Flashers!!!

Try withh this example hope this help us !!!

4kb with EmbFont

be Fearless
Fearless.Studio