flash.text

# FontType - AS3

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

Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0

Runtime Versions: | AIR 1.0, Flash Player 9, Flash Lite 4

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

Related API Elements

flash.text.Font.fontType

Public Properties
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| Property | Defined By
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|  | constructor : Object A reference to the class object or constructor function for a given object instance. | Object

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|  | 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
|  | toLocaleString():String Returns the string representation of this object, formatted according to locale-specific conventions. | Object
|  | toString():String Returns the string representation of the specified object. | Object
|  | valueOf():Object Returns the primitive value of the specified object. | Object

Public Constants

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

Constant Detail

### DEVICE

Constant

`public static const DEVICE:String = "device"`

Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0

Runtime Versions: | AIR 1.0, Flash Player 9, Flash Lite 4

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.

Related API Elements

TextField.embedFonts
flash.text.engine.FontDescription.fontLookup

### EMBEDDED

Constant

`public static const EMBEDDED:String = "embedded"`

Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0

Runtime Versions: | AIR 1.0, Flash Player 9, Flash Lite 4

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.

Related API Elements

TextField.embedFonts

### EMBEDDED_CFF

Constant

`public static const EMBEDDED_CFF:String = "embeddedCFF"`

Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0

Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5, Flash Lite 4

Indicates that this is an embedded CFF font. Font outlines and a subset of OpenType tables are embedded in the published SWF file.

Text that uses embedded CFF fonts is always displayed in the chosen font, whether or not that font is installed on the playback system. Also, text that uses embedded CFF fonts is always anti-aliased (smoothed) by Flash Player. You can select the rendering mode and hinting for an embedded CFF font using the `flash.text.engine.FontDescription.renderingMode` and `flash.text.engine.FontDescription.cffHinting` properties.

One drawback to embedded CFF fonts is that they increase the size of the SWF file. However, embedded CFF fonts are typically 20% to 30% smaller than regular embedded fonts.

Fonts of type `EMBEDDED_CFF` can only be used by the flash.text.engine classes. A TextField directed to use such a font will fail to render.

Related API Elements

flash.text.engine.FontDescription.fontLookup

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