Packageflash.text
Classpublic final class FontType
InheritanceFontType Inheritance Object

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

See also

flash.text.Font.fontType

Public Properties
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 Inheritedconstructor : Object
A reference to the class object or constructor function for a given object instance.
Object
 Inheritedprototype : Object
[static] A reference to the prototype object of a class or function object.
Object
Public Methods
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hasOwnProperty(name:String):Boolean
Indicates whether an object has a specified property defined.
Object
 Inherited
isPrototypeOf(theClass:Object):Boolean
Indicates whether an instance of the Object class is in the prototype chain of the object specified as the parameter.
Object
 Inherited
propertyIsEnumerable(name:String):Boolean
Indicates whether the specified property exists and is enumerable.
Object
 Inherited
setPropertyIsEnumerable(name:String, isEnum:Boolean = true):void
Sets the availability of a dynamic property for loop operations.
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toString():String
Returns the string representation of the specified object.
Object
 Inherited
valueOf():Object
Returns the primitive value of the specified object.
Object
Public Constants
 ConstantDefined By
  DEVICE : String = "device"
[static] Indicates that this is a device font.
FontType
  EMBEDDED : String = "embedded"
[static] Indicates that this is an embedded font.
FontType
Constant Detail
DEVICEConstant
public static const DEVICE:String = "device"

Indicates that this is a device font. The SWF file renders fonts with those installed on the system.

Using device fonts results in a smaller movie size, because font data is not included in the file. Device fonts are often a good choice for displaying text at small point sizes, because 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 be displayed the same across different systems and platforms, because they are rendered with fonts installed on the system. For the same reason, device fonts are not anti-aliased and may appear jagged at large point sizes.

See also

TextField.embedFonts
EMBEDDEDConstant 
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 are always displayed in the chosen font, whether or not that font is installed on the playback system. Also, text fields that use embedded fonts are always anti-aliased (smoothed). You can select the amount of anti-aliasing you want by using the TextField.antiAliasType property.

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

See also

TextField.embedFonts



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