enum flash.text.FontType
Available on all platforms
The FontType class contains the enumerated constants
* "embedded"
and "device"
for the
* fontType
property of the Font class.
Constructors
DEVICE
Indicates that this is a device font. The SWF file renders fonts with
* those installed on the system.
* Using device fonts results in a smaller movie size, because font data
* is not included in the file. Device fonts are often a good choice for
* displaying text at small point sizes, because anti-aliased text can be
* blurry at small sizes. Device fonts are also a good choice for large
* blocks of text, such as scrolling text.
Text fields that use device fonts may not be displayed the same across * different systems and platforms, because they are rendered with fonts * installed on the system. For the same reason, device fonts are not * anti-aliased and may appear jagged at large point sizes.
EMBEDDED
Indicates that this is an embedded font. Font outlines are embedded in the
* published SWF file.
* Text fields that use embedded fonts are always displayed in the chosen
* font, whether or not that font is installed on the playback system. Also,
* text fields that use embedded fonts are always anti-aliased(smoothed).
* You can select the amount of anti-aliasing you want by using the
* TextField.antiAliasType property
.
One drawback to embedded fonts is that they increase the size of the * SWF file.
* *Fonts of type EMBEDDED
can only be used by TextField. If
* flash.text.engine classes are directed to use such a font they will fall
* back to device fonts.