Bugs
Embedding Fonts in Flash CS3
Ok, I just need to write up a quick post about this issue because I haven’t yet run into it (and I’m not exactly sure how that’s possible at this point but I digress). Here at Real Art we use software called Extensis Suitcase to manage a very large collection of fonts. I am working on a project which requires a specific font to be embedded into the swf. I do not have this font stored locally on my machine, but I can still use it because the Suitcase is sharing the font with me. So, the font is stored on some server somewhere, and not on my machine.
This is where my problem comes in. I need to embed this font into my swf so that no matter what computer you view it at, you will still see the exact same fonts. And since the font is not technically stored on my computer, trying to embed the font proves unsuccessful. This must have something to do with the fact that Flash isn’t smart enough to know where the actual font is stored.
My solution was simply to find the source font (which was pretty easy to do from within the Suitcase), delete the shortcut that Suitcase created, and reinstall it on my local machine. Voila, it worked.
Damn you, Flash!
