Embed fonts on classic TextField doesn't work, even with TextFormat applied

[maguskrool]

Hi.

I created an Item that extends MovieClip and that has a TextField on it where it where it will display the item's name. I want to embed the font but I'm having trouble because the text won't display.

I read the embedFonts description (http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/reference/actionscript/3/flash/text/TextField.html#embedFo...) and I have formatted the TextField via a TextFormat instance with my chosen font.

My code:

import flash.display.MovieClip;

    import flash.text.AntiAliasType;

    import flash.text.TextField;

    import flash.text.TextFieldAutoSize;

    import flash.text.TextFormat;

    public class Item extends MovieClip {

        private var _sName:String = "";

        private var _txtName:TextField = new TextField();

        private var _nColor:uint = 0xAACC00;

        private var _tfText:TextFormat = new TextFormat();

        public function Item(s:String) {

            //also tried embedding here but got the same result

            _txtName.text = s;

            _txtName.autoSize = TextFieldAutoSize.RIGHT;

            _tfText.font = "Helvetica";

            _tfText.size = 30;

            _tfText.color = _nColor;

            _txtName.setTextFormat(_tfText);

            _txtName.antiAliasType = AntiAliasType.ADVANCED;

            _txtName.embedFonts = true;

            addChild(_txtName);

        }

If I remove the embed part the text shows correctly. I'm at a loss, what order of elements do I need to use to embed the font correctly?

Thank you.

[Nabren]

To use the embedFonts property you would have to use an actual embedded font. The way you have it coded it is using system fonts.

I did a quick Google Search and this seems to explain how to embed fonts in AS3 quite well:

http://divillysausages.com/blog/as3_font_embedding_masterclass

[kglad · Accepted solution]

1. you should have a font in your library.

2. it should have a class name (eg, HelveticaClass)

3. you should be using something like:

var helvetica:Font=new HelveticaClass();

_tfText.font=helvetica.fontName;

[maguskrool]

Thank you both very much. I ended up using kglad's method, but I bookmarked Nabren's link because it looked quite compreehensive and helpful.

[kglad]

you're welcome.