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Component styling utility function

Posted on May 21, 2009 by craiggrummitt — Leave a comment

In addition to an earlier post here: I have put the sample code into a simple utility function that will apply a TextFormat style to any component or TextField, without needing to consider the specific syntax of the component. You…

Tagged with: component, embedded fonts, TextFormat, TextStyle
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dynamic text field part I – letter spacing

Posted on June 19, 2008 by craiggrummitt — 9 Comments

Just discovered that flash resets the author-time letter spacing of a dynamic textfield when the textfield’s text is set in ActionScript. To maintain the authortime letter spacing settings of the textfield, you need to record the textfield’s textformat, set the…

Tagged with: dynamic text fields, letter spacing, TextFormat
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Styling Text In Instances Of Components Using TextFormat

Posted on February 4, 2008 by craiggrummitt — Leave a comment

this is an extension of a previous entry here. Text in components or TextFields can be formatted in several ways – applying styles manually in the case of TextFields, applying a style using a TextFormat object, StyleSheets for styling html…

Tagged with: component, embedded fonts, TextField, TextFormat, TextStyle
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Embedding a font in a component

Posted on September 26, 2007 by craiggrummitt — Leave a comment

it took me quite a while and a variety of sources to work out how to set an embedded font for use in a comboBox component in AS3, so i thought i would record the solution for others(and myself in…

Tagged with: ComboBox, embedded fonts, TextField, TextFormat
Posted in Flash