CS5.5 Font embedding horror (bug, not "does anyone know how to embed fonts?")

[magarik]

I am using three fonts of the Helvetica typeface,
embedding them with the embed metatag, font files inside project, openType.

I noticed that for some reason the bold font looks identical to the roman font.

After 4 hours of ____, and testing with five fonts, it turns out that:

if i change the name of all the font files at once, and change the reference to them in the code, all of the fonts work the first time i publish. the second time i publish (without any changes except pressing publish a second time) some fonts overwrite others, randomly, for instance :

roman looks like roman
bold looks like roman,
light looks like roman,
black looks like black,
rounded looks like black.

could be anything, i cant predict what will overwrite what.

the only way i can make sure that flash embeds all of the fonts, is to change *all* of their names and publish.

additional info:
second time i publish the swf filesize is much smaller than first time ( -flash really doesn't embed anything)
traces to which fonts are registered show all fonts are there,
no errors
using distinct fontnames
publishing cache disabled
restart doesn't help

flash cs5.5
fdt 4
flex 4/air 3 sdk
windows 7

The problem isn't critical since i found the workaround, but it was/is so annoying, and i'd really be happy if anyone knows what could it be, even if i find out after i finish.


Thanks people

[cbeech]

i *think* that this is related to the TFLTextFields - are the fields TFLs? if i remember right, there was something about the order of instantiation that isn't quite right/with a generated swc file (?) or something - i think that there is a solution but it's a bit messy - as a result i think most people don't use them, opting for a regular ole classic field instead - save the headache

here's something
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6...h-tlftextfield

this one has loads of info
http://www.stevensacks.net/2010/05/2...h-loaded-swfs/

[creatify]

because it's the same typeface, even thought you've embedded each version (bold, italic, etc) when you set your text try setting:

for bold
yourTextField.htmlText = "<b>"+whatever+"</b>";

for italic
yourTextField.htmlText = "<i>"+whatever+"</i>";

[magarik]

Thanks for the replies, but both solutions wont work -
1 i used normal textfields created at runtime
1a size of swf different at export - meaning problem at embed level

2 i used for testing 5 fonts of the same typeface, only one of them was bold and theoretically could be referenced with <b>
i embedded them with unique names, and all as fontweight:normal, fontstyle:normal,
since flash was giving me transcoding error when i tried to declare the bold font as bold

i cant think of anything that could behave this way other than cache related bug, since publishing a 2nd time changes things...


So far i solved it by making a separate swf for fonts, making sure they were allright once, and then i dont touch that swf when i keep working on the main program. still very annoying bug