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hawkeyemedia
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Oct 26, 2023 1:34 PM UTC
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Unable to use embedded fonts AS3 on Mac with Animate V24.0

I just updated to the newest version of Animate, V24.0. I build AS3 training modules as standalone programs, so I'm NOT using HTML5.

 

I'm unable to use embedded font styles for dynamic text. The fonts are in the library, but whenever I try to set the font style to one of those fonts, it doesn't work and reverts to Helvetica. I can set the font style to any font in the display list, but none of the embedded font styles. I've tried creating new font styles now that I'm running V24, but they have the same problem, so it's not an issue with fonts embedded in the previous version of Animate. I think I'm going to try to revert back to the previous version of Animate to fix the problem.

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      babypopdipstick
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      Inspiring
      Oct 28, 2023 9:10 PM UTC

      Yep, it's broken- don't update to Sonoma because fonts also get broken in earlier versions of Animate too. Very frustrating, have submitted multiple bug reports on this and never heard back. I imagine we'll be waiting awhile.

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      babypopdipstick
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      Inspiring
      Oct 28, 2023 9:10 PM UTC

      Yep, it's broken- don't update to Sonoma because fonts also get broken in earlier versions of Animate too. Very frustrating, have submitted multiple bug reports on this and never heard back. I imagine we'll be waiting awhile.

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        kglad
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        kgladCommunity Expert
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        Oct 28, 2023 9:17 PM UTC

        you rarely hear.

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        kglad
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        kgladCommunity Expert
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        Oct 26, 2023 1:46 PM UTC

        are you trying to use a web font?

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          hawkeyemediaAuthor
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          Oct 26, 2023 2:14 PM UTC

          No, I create standalone Flash projects and publish as Windows executables for a client. So I'm developing in AS3, not HTML5. I have a MacBook Pro that I use for development when I'm on the road traveling, which is every week. I just upgraded the Mac to Animate V24.0 and discovered this problem. It seems to be a bug in Animate. I reverted back to V23.0.3 and the problem went away, the embedded fonts work fine in the earlier version.

           

          So, for now, I'm not going to update either of my computers to V24.

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          kglad
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          kgladCommunity Expert
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          Oct 26, 2023 2:31 PM UTC

          do you have sonoma os? 

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