Packageflash.text.engine
Classpublic final class FontLookup
InheritanceFontLookup Inheritance Object

Language version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime version: AIR 1.5

The FontLookup class is an enumeration of constant values used with FontDescription.fontLookup.

See also

FontDescription.fontLookup


Public Properties
 PropertyDefined by
 Inheritedconstructor : Object
A reference to the class object or constructor function for a given object instance.
Object
 Inheritedprototype : Object
[static] A reference to the prototype object of a class or function object.
Object
Public Methods
 MethodDefined by
 Inherited
Indicates whether an object has a specified property defined.
Object
 Inherited
Indicates whether an instance of the Object class is in the prototype chain of the object specified as the parameter.
Object
 Inherited
Indicates whether the specified property exists and is enumerable.
Object
 Inherited
Sets the availability of a dynamic property for loop operations.
Object
 Inherited
Returns the string representation of this object, formatted according to locale-specific conventions.
Object
 Inherited
Returns the string representation of the specified object.
Object
 Inherited
Returns the primitive value of the specified object.
Object
Public Constants
 ConstantDefined by
  DEVICE : String = "device"
[static] Used to indicate device font lookup.
FontLookup
  EMBEDDED_CFF : String = "embeddedCFF"
[static] Used to indicate embedded CFF (Compact Font Format) font lookup.
FontLookup
Constant detail
DEVICEconstant
public static const DEVICE:String = "device"

Language version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime version: AIR 1.5

Used to indicate device font lookup. The Flash runtime uses the fonts installed on the system that is running application.

Using device fonts results in a smaller movie size, because font data is not included in the file.

Text rendered with device fonts is not always displayed the same across different systems and platforms, because the Flash runtime uses the fonts that are installed on the system.

EMBEDDED_CFFconstant 
public static const EMBEDDED_CFF:String = "embeddedCFF"

Language version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime version: AIR 1.5

Used to indicate embedded CFF (Compact Font Format) font lookup. The Flash runtime uses font outlines embedded in the published application.

Text rendered with embedded fonts is always displayed in the chosen font, whether that font is installed on the playback system or not.

One drawback to embedded fonts is that they increase the size of the application.