Re: Non-latin glyphs for custom fonts not embedded in textFields

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On Oct 19, 2007, at 4:25 PM, Stephen Downs wrote:

> I'm having a struggle getting non-latin glyphs in my TextField =20
> instances to display properly.
>
> Environment: Flash 9, Mac OS X 10.4.10
> Publish target: Flash Player 8, ActionScript 2 (yuck, but that's =20
> the corporate client)
>
>
> I have an external xml file with text in html tags. The non-Latin =20
> character data contained in these tags is reading in an propagating =20=

> properly, as a simple trace indicates so. The problem comes down to =20=

> displaying this text in a TextField.
>
> The text field in question is set to Dynamic Text, and uses a =20
> custom, embedded font. The font is linked to export in first frame, =20=

> before the text field appears. The text field has "All (54665 =20
> glyphs)" selected as the Embed option. Inserting additional needed =20
> character glyphs in the "Include these characters:" field to "force =20=

> it to work" doesn't help.
>
> Here are two implementation scenarios:
>
> Scenario A (doesn't work):
>
> 	) The text field contains a Latin string by default: =
"watermelon"
> 	) Try to fill the text field with a mixed character glyph =
phrase:
> 		tf.htmlText =3D "Bang =D0=9F=D1=80=D0=B8=D1=81=D1=82=D0=B0=
=D0=B2=D0=BA=D0=B8";
>
>
> Scenario B (does work):
>
> 	) The text field contains a string beginning with a non-Latin =20=

> character contained in the dynamic text string fed it: "=D0=B3=D1=80=D1=83=
=D0=BF=D0=BF=D1=8B =20
> poopie"
> 	) Try to fill the text field with a mixed character glyph =
phrase:
> 		tf.htmlText =3D "Bang =D0=9F=D1=80=D0=B8=D1=81=D1=82=D0=B0=
=D0=B2=D0=BA=D0=B8";
>
>
> Scenario C (does work):
> =09
> 	) Change the font of text field to a non-embedded screen font: =
_sans.
> 	) The text field contains a Latin string by default: =
"watermelon"
> 	) Try to fill the text field with a mixed character glyph =
phrase:
> 		tf.htmlText =3D "Bang =D0=9F=D1=80=D0=B8=D1=81=D1=82=D0=B0=
=D0=B2=D0=BA=D0=B8";
>
>
> I need scenario A to work, as I can't predict what non-Latin =20
> character will dynamically be fed into these localized text fields =20
> at runtime, and I need to use the corporate font for the proper =20
> suit-and-tie look. Trying to use special charCodes for the input =20
> text is also an unacceptable solution (and I doubt it would help as =20=

> the encoded text is being read in properly, just not displayed =20
> properly). Setting System.useCodepage =3D true did not work either.
>
> So why aren't all embedded character glyphs recognized?
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