AS3: Embed font two different fonts with same name

StackOverflow https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14783279

  •  07-03-2022
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Question

I'm embedding a font in AS3 with the following command:

[Embed(source="../font/font1.swf", fontName = "FontName1", fontWeight = "bold" )]
private var myEmbeddedFont:Class;

var _tf: TextFormat;

_tf = new TextFormat();
_tf.color = 0x000000;
_tf.size = 18;
_tf.font = "FontName1";

Now I would like to embedd a second font which is the same font but not bold. My problem now is: Both vonts (the bold one and the non-bold) have the same name.

What can I do to use both fonts? In the embedding-command fontName="" must be the "real" name of the font. Is there some Kind of an alias I can set for the font-name?

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Solution

you want to use fontFamily and not fontName. Also, why is your font an .swf? here's what I use : 

    [Embed(source="../font/font1.ttf", embedAsCFF="false", fontFamily="FontName1")]
    private static const Font:Class;
    [Embed(source="../font/font1_Bd.ttf", embedAsCFF="false", fontFamily="FontName1", fontWeight="bold")]
    private static const FontBold:Class;

With that, AS3 should be able to display both normal anf bold text with your font.

OTHER TIPS

There is nothing like you have to set the "Real" name of the font to set, you can use alias for your fonts.

Like : for ARIEL(normal) : font Name : Ariel

for ARIEL(bold) : font Name : Ariel_Bold

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