flash.text.FontType (ActionScript 3.0)

Package	flash.text
Class	public final class FontType
Inheritance	FontType Object

Language Version :

ActionScript 3.0

Player Version :

Flash Player 9

The FontType class contains the enumerated constants "embedded" and "device" for the fontType property of the Font class.

See also

flash.text.Font.fontType

	Property	Defined By
		constructor : Object A reference to the class object or constructor function for a given object instance.	Object
		prototype : Object [static] A reference to the prototype object of a class or function object.	Object

Public Methods

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	Method		Defined By
		hasOwnProperty(name:String):Boolean Indicates whether an object has a specified property defined.	Object
		isPrototypeOf(theClass:Object):Boolean Indicates whether an instance of the Object class is in the prototype chain of the object specified as the parameter.	Object
		propertyIsEnumerable(name:String):Boolean Indicates whether the specified property exists and is enumerable.	Object
		setPropertyIsEnumerable(name:String, isEnum:Boolean = true):void Sets the availability of a dynamic property for loop operations.	Object
		toString():String Returns the string representation of the specified object.	Object
		valueOf():Object Returns the primitive value of the specified object.	Object

	Constant	Defined By
		DEVICE : String = "device" [static] Indicates that this is a device font.	FontType
		EMBEDDED : String = "embedded" [static] Indicates that this is an embedded font.	FontType

Constant Detail

DEVICE

Constant

public static const DEVICE:String = "device"

Language Version :

ActionScript 3.0

Player Version :

Flash Player 9

Indicates that this is a device font. Flash Player uses the fonts installed on the system that is running the SWF file.

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 Flash Player uses the fonts that are installed on the system. For the same reason, device fonts are not anti-aliased and may appear jagged at large point sizes.

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