Packageflash.text
Classpublic final class FontType
InheritanceFontType Inheritance Object

The FontType class contains the enumerated constants of "embedded" and "device" for the fontType property of the flash.text.Font class.

See also
flash.text.Font.fontType

Public Constants
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  DEVICE : String = "device"
[static] Indicates that this is a device font.
FontType
  EMBEDDED : String = "embedded"
[static] Indicates that this is an embedded font.
FontType
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Constant detail
DEVICE constant
public static const DEVICE:String = "device"

Indicates that this is a device font. Flash Player uses fonts installed on the system running the SWF file.

Using device fonts results in a smaller movie size, since font data is not included in the file. Device fonts are often a good choice for displaying text at small point sizes, as anti-aliased text can be blurry at small sizes. Device fonts are also a good choice for large blocks of text, such as scrolling text.

Text fields that use device fonts may not display the same across different systems and platforms, because Flash Player uses fonts installed on the system. For the same reason, device fonts will not anti-alias and may appear jagged at large point sizes.

See also
TextField.embedFonts
EMBEDDED constant
public static const EMBEDDED:String = "embedded"

Indicates that this is an embedded font. Font outlines are embedded in the published SWF file.

Text fields that use embedded fonts will always display in the chosen font, regardless of whether that font is installed on the playback system. Also, text fields that use embedded fonts will always be anti-aliased (smoothed) by the Flash Player, and you also can select the amount of anti-aliasing you want with the TextField.antiAliasType property.

One drawback to embedded fonts is that they increase the size of your SWF file.

See also
TextField.embedFonts



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