Comments on: Fading and masking with device fonts http://polygeek.com/253_flex_fading-and-masking-with-device-fonts polyGeek (noun) person with many geek related talents. Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:58:53 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Russ http://polygeek.com/253_flex_fading-and-masking-with-device-fonts/comment-page-1#comment-62654 Russ Wed, 23 Jun 2010 14:44:04 +0000 http://polygeek.com/253_adobeflash/actionscript_fading-and-masking-with-device-fonts#comment-62654 Thank you! Working with dynamic text and localization using XML always gives me headaches. I'm very glad you figured this out. I would never have thought to apply the Blur filter for this purpose! Great work! Thank you! Working with dynamic text and localization using XML always gives me headaches. I’m very glad you figured this out. I would never have thought to apply the Blur filter for this purpose! Great work!

]]> By: David http://polygeek.com/253_flex_fading-and-masking-with-device-fonts/comment-page-1#comment-62436 David Wed, 28 Apr 2010 12:29:58 +0000 http://polygeek.com/253_adobeflash/actionscript_fading-and-masking-with-device-fonts#comment-62436 Excellent Work! Great solution for a big problem!<br><br>Thanks Excellent Work! Great solution for a big problem!

Thanks

]]> By: Alexei http://polygeek.com/253_flex_fading-and-masking-with-device-fonts/comment-page-1#comment-61912 Alexei Wed, 10 Feb 2010 08:40:48 +0000 http://polygeek.com/253_adobeflash/actionscript_fading-and-masking-with-device-fonts#comment-61912 <P ><FONT FACE="Arial" COLOR="#000000" >Guys, thank you so much for this elegant solution!</FONT></P> Guys, thank you so much for this elegant solution!

]]> By: polygeek http://polygeek.com/253_flex_fading-and-masking-with-device-fonts/comment-page-1#comment-61144 polygeek Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:05:06 +0000 http://polygeek.com/253_adobeflash/actionscript_fading-and-masking-with-device-fonts#comment-61144 @RK, that's great. Glad I could help. @RK, that’s great. Glad I could help.

]]> By: RK http://polygeek.com/253_flex_fading-and-masking-with-device-fonts/comment-page-1#comment-61142 RK Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:59:21 +0000 http://polygeek.com/253_adobeflash/actionscript_fading-and-masking-with-device-fonts#comment-61142 <P ><FONT FACE="Verdana" COLOR="#0B333C" >@Polygeek</FONT></P><P ><FONT FACE="Verdana" COLOR="#0B333C" ></FONT></P><P ><FONT FACE="Verdana" COLOR="#0B333C" >Cheers for the code mate! That piece of code fixed my age old drama of tinting device fonts when wmode is transparent.</FONT></P><P ><FONT FACE="Verdana" COLOR="#0B333C" ></FONT></P><P ><FONT FACE="Verdana" COLOR="#0B333C" >Brilliant!</FONT></P> @Polygeek

Cheers for the code mate! That piece of code fixed my age old drama of tinting device fonts when wmode is transparent.

Brilliant!

]]> By: EQaddict37 http://polygeek.com/253_flex_fading-and-masking-with-device-fonts/comment-page-1#comment-61128 EQaddict37 Sat, 20 Jun 2009 09:26:36 +0000 http://polygeek.com/253_adobeflash/actionscript_fading-and-masking-with-device-fonts#comment-61128 <P ><FONT FACE="Verdana" COLOR="#0B333C" >There is another possible solution that would enable you to change languages and continue to use the saffron text renderer.</FONT></P><P ><FONT FACE="Verdana" COLOR="#0B333C" ></FONT></P><P ><FONT FACE="Verdana" COLOR="#0B333C" >compile your font into an external library, swf, whatever. and load it in at run-time.</FONT></P><P ><FONT FACE="Verdana" COLOR="#0B333C" ></FONT></P><P ><FONT FACE="Verdana" COLOR="#0B333C" >then do font = new LanguageFont().fontName</FONT></P><P ><FONT FACE="Verdana" COLOR="#0B333C" ></FONT></P><P ><FONT FACE="Verdana" COLOR="#0B333C" >wala. just make it standard that all your applications load the same language swf or what not. Then you have a download of the different languages. ( i am assuming they lack a flash compiler.</FONT></P> There is another possible solution that would enable you to change languages and continue to use the saffron text renderer.

compile your font into an external library, swf, whatever. and load it in at run-time.

then do font = new LanguageFont().fontName

wala. just make it standard that all your applications load the same language swf or what not. Then you have a download of the different languages. ( i am assuming they lack a flash compiler.

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]]> By: fflash http://polygeek.com/253_flex_fading-and-masking-with-device-fonts/comment-page-1#comment-58816 fflash Fri, 15 Feb 2008 13:32:55 +0000 http://polygeek.com/253_adobeflash/actionscript_fading-and-masking-with-device-fonts#comment-58816 nice trick :) also published in http://flashunlimited.blogspot.com/ nice trick :) also published in http://flashunlimited.blogspot.com/

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