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Hi, Simon,
I think that may be a bug in Flash when an SWF file containing a symbol font is imported.
Last month, August Branchesi posted a work-around on this forum, and I made a copy of his suggestion (although I haven't tried it yet). Once the file is imported into Flash, highlight the letter (which should be a Wingding symbol) and change it to another font. Then, change it back to the Wingding font and it should appear properly.
Regards,
Bill
Recently purchased Swish - great Software.
However, in a small movie I have recently created I used a 'Winding' font. When I export the movie as a 'swf' into Flash 4 the Winding font is replaced by a normal letter font despite the fact that the Winding font is avaialable in my copy of Flash 4 !!
Any ideas anyone ??
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by billpitt:
Hi, Simon,
I think that may be a bug in Flash when an SWF file containing a symbol font is imported.
Last month, August Branchesi posted a work-around on this forum, and I made a copy of his suggestion (although I haven't tried it yet). Once the file is imported into Flash, highlight the letter (which should be a Wingding symbol) and change it to another font. Then, change it back to the Wingding font and it should appear properly.
Regards,
Bill<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Thanks for the reply Bill. However, once you have exported the Swish .swf file into Flash the Winding font is no longer a font. Everything is converted into a symbol so you cannot edit it as a font ! Have I understood you correctly ?
Yes this is a bug in Flash. It will import 'letter' fonts ok, but not 'symbol' fonts (e.g. windings)
If the text object uses a 'complex' effect (see help) the text will be exported as shapes rather than text, and Flash will import it correctly.
Cheers, David.
It could be considered a bug in flash
but it also could be the way wingding fonts
are saved.
When I altered a wingding font for my needs
I saved the font as a normal font and not as a symbol or wingding type font. This
fixed the flash problem and also
fixed a problem I had with a font viewer
that also refused to show other dingbat fonts
cheers
blurb
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