Comments on: Fonts in Flex 4 / Flash Player 10 / AIR 1.5 Make Me Happy http://www.jamesward.com/2009/08/11/fonts-in-flex-4-flash-player-10-air-1-5-make-me-happy/ Rich Internet Applications | Flex | Adobe AIR | Java | Open Source | Linux | Enterprise Software | Cloud Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:25:22 +0000 hourly 1 By: Ed Syrett http://www.jamesward.com/2009/08/11/fonts-in-flex-4-flash-player-10-air-1-5-make-me-happy/comment-page-1/#comment-157956 Ed Syrett Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:22:28 +0000 http://www.jamesward.com/blog/?p=1106#comment-157956 By the way, the example app exhibits a bug where the bottom line of text doesn't show up. I've moaned about it and produced a workaround - <a href="http://edsyrett.wordpress.com/2009/09/26/scaling-an-mxtext-the-bottom-line/" rel="nofollow">here</a> <a href="http://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/SDK-16876" rel="nofollow">SDK-16876</a> By the way, the example app exhibits a bug where the bottom line of text doesn’t show up. I’ve moaned about it and produced a workaround – here

SDK-16876

]]> By: James Ward http://www.jamesward.com/2009/08/11/fonts-in-flex-4-flash-player-10-air-1-5-make-me-happy/comment-page-1/#comment-157754 James Ward Tue, 18 Aug 2009 12:00:04 +0000 http://www.jamesward.com/blog/?p=1106#comment-157754 Hi Don, I used a Spark (Flex 4) component which doesn't support selection. I should have used RichEditableText which is selectable. Either way the font scaling would be the same. -James Hi Don,

I used a Spark (Flex 4) component which doesn’t support selection. I should have used RichEditableText which is selectable. Either way the font scaling would be the same.

-James

]]> By: Don http://www.jamesward.com/2009/08/11/fonts-in-flex-4-flash-player-10-air-1-5-make-me-happy/comment-page-1/#comment-157751 Don Tue, 18 Aug 2009 08:57:56 +0000 http://www.jamesward.com/blog/?p=1106#comment-157751 Any particular reason why the text in the first version (Flex 3/FP 9) is selectable but the one in the second version is not? Any particular reason why the text in the first version (Flex 3/FP 9) is selectable but the one in the second version is not?

]]> By: James Ward http://www.jamesward.com/2009/08/11/fonts-in-flex-4-flash-player-10-air-1-5-make-me-happy/comment-page-1/#comment-157720 James Ward Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:58:26 +0000 http://www.jamesward.com/blog/?p=1106#comment-157720 Hi Bjorn, The Flex 3 / Flash Player 9 demo is actually compiled against SDK 4 / FP 10. Today Halo in Flex 4 still uses the old text rendering APIs. I'm not sure if they are planning on changing that. -James Hi Bjorn,

The Flex 3 / Flash Player 9 demo is actually compiled against SDK 4 / FP 10. Today Halo in Flex 4 still uses the old text rendering APIs. I’m not sure if they are planning on changing that.

-James

]]> By: Bjorn http://www.jamesward.com/2009/08/11/fonts-in-flex-4-flash-player-10-air-1-5-make-me-happy/comment-page-1/#comment-157718 Bjorn Thu, 13 Aug 2009 05:13:50 +0000 http://www.jamesward.com/blog/?p=1106#comment-157718 Do you still get this result using halo components compiled against sdk 4/fp10? Do you still get this result using halo components compiled against sdk 4/fp10?

]]> By: James Ward http://www.jamesward.com/2009/08/11/fonts-in-flex-4-flash-player-10-air-1-5-make-me-happy/comment-page-1/#comment-157712 James Ward Wed, 12 Aug 2009 20:52:08 +0000 http://www.jamesward.com/blog/?p=1106#comment-157712 Hi Gilles, Sorry I wasn't more explicit in my post about all the features of the new Text APIs. Yes, you can do all those things now on device fonts. Here are some demos: http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/textlayout/ http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/textlayout/demos/ -James Hi Gilles,

Sorry I wasn’t more explicit in my post about all the features of the new Text APIs. Yes, you can do all those things now on device fonts. Here are some demos:
http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/textlayout/
http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/textlayout/demos/

-James

]]> By: Gilles http://www.jamesward.com/2009/08/11/fonts-in-flex-4-flash-player-10-air-1-5-make-me-happy/comment-page-1/#comment-157708 Gilles Wed, 12 Aug 2009 18:56:54 +0000 http://www.jamesward.com/blog/?p=1106#comment-157708 Is it now possible to rotate/skew or fade system fonts? That's still the biggest limitation in my book. Is it now possible to rotate/skew or fade system fonts? That’s still the biggest limitation in my book.

]]> By: James Ward http://www.jamesward.com/2009/08/11/fonts-in-flex-4-flash-player-10-air-1-5-make-me-happy/comment-page-1/#comment-157704 James Ward Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:31:57 +0000 http://www.jamesward.com/blog/?p=1106#comment-157704 Hi Andrej, I use Ubuntu (jaunty and karmic) with Flash Player 10,0,32,18 and the Flex 4 font rendering looks just as good as it does on Windows. What flavor of Linux do you use? What version of Flash Player? -James Hi Andrej,

I use Ubuntu (jaunty and karmic) with Flash Player 10,0,32,18 and the Flex 4 font rendering looks just as good as it does on Windows. What flavor of Linux do you use? What version of Flash Player?

-James

]]> By: Andrej http://www.jamesward.com/2009/08/11/fonts-in-flex-4-flash-player-10-air-1-5-make-me-happy/comment-page-1/#comment-157701 Andrej Wed, 12 Aug 2009 05:39:01 +0000 http://www.jamesward.com/blog/?p=1106#comment-157701 On linux the rendering is worse than normal font rendering... On linux the rendering is worse than normal font rendering…

]]> By: Bart Guijt http://www.jamesward.com/2009/08/11/fonts-in-flex-4-flash-player-10-air-1-5-make-me-happy/comment-page-1/#comment-157692 Bart Guijt Tue, 11 Aug 2009 23:05:22 +0000 http://www.jamesward.com/blog/?p=1106#comment-157692 That change is a *really* welcome one! At least the font metrics are getting predictable, which is helpful if you design for tight layouts while having font size flexibility (e.g. <a href="http://ns.nl/webwidgets/customizer-rp.jsp" rel="nofollow">NS travelplanner widget</a>). Cheers! That change is a *really* welcome one! At least the font metrics are getting predictable, which is helpful if you design for tight layouts while having font size flexibility (e.g. NS travelplanner widget).

Cheers!

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