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EDIT- Bugger, wrong forum. Please move....


It's been a while since I've done this. I have some HTML text that needs to be styled with an embedded font.

I have created 3 fonts in the library, Myriad_Pro, Myriad_Pro_Bold, and Myriad_Pro_Italic.

I have textfields set to use the font Myriad_Pro (working), but certain html must be either bold or italic.

I have tried using a loaded in style-sheet:

.italic {
	font-family:Myriad_Pro_Italic;
}
.bold {
	font-family:Myriad_Pro_Bold;
}

var format = new TextField.StyleSheet();
var path = "includes/style.css";
format.load(path);

txtContent.embedFonts=true;
txtContent.styleSheet=format;
txtContent.html=true;
txtContent.htmlText="<span class='italic'>this should be italic</span> and <span class='bold'>and this is bold</span>"

var format = new TextField.StyleSheet();

var styleObj:Object = new Object();
styleObj.fontWeight = "bold";
styleObj.fontFamily = "Myriad_Pro_Bold"
format.setStyle("bold", styleObj);
delete styleObj;

styleObj:Object = new Object();
styleObj.fontWeight = "normal";
styleObj.fontFamily = "Myriad_Pro_Italic"
format.setStyle("italic", styleObj);
delete styleObj;

Create two movie clips in the timeline but outside the stage, one with some bold text and one with italic text, in the appropriate font(s).

Stupid, but it's worked for me in the past.

Right- that seems to support the many threads I read, saying, embed the font in the old-school way.

Will give it a try, thanks.

if you use html enabled in text field you might only need one to embed, if you load in a swf with a textfield with embedded fonts into same application domain you can reuse the lib symbol without messing with the registering fonts or other nigtmare ways etc... and only load in the styles needed as textfields in symbols in movies.