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Anonymous
August 12, 2011
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embedding fonts in AIR 2.7 for iOS

  • August 12, 2011
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Hi,

this may have been ask several times, but what is the exact / best way to use custom fonts in an iOS app?

It seems, that by using a lot of textfields, the app is not running smooth anymore.

Is there some magic way that will restore performance? And still be able to use custom fonts?

kind regards!

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Correct answer markc888

The 'magic trick' would be to create bitmaps of the textfields and add these to the display list rather than the textfields.

//container is a sprite that has a textfield added to it.

var bmp:BitmapData = new BitmapData(container.width, container.height);

bmp.draw(container);

var snapshot:Bitmap = new Bitmap(bmp);

snapshot.smoothing = true;

snapshot.cacheAsBitmap = true;

addChild(snapshot);

Hope that helps.

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markc888
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Inspiring
August 12, 2011

The 'magic trick' would be to create bitmaps of the textfields and add these to the display list rather than the textfields.

//container is a sprite that has a textfield added to it.

var bmp:BitmapData = new BitmapData(container.width, container.height);

bmp.draw(container);

var snapshot:Bitmap = new Bitmap(bmp);

snapshot.smoothing = true;

snapshot.cacheAsBitmap = true;

addChild(snapshot);

Hope that helps.

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Anonymous
September 7, 2011

Hi! Just realized that I didn't mark your answer, but that was indeed working! Kinda weard still, I thought using bitmap drawing would be much slower then just using "simple" ready made text field. Anyways...Thnx for the tip!

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