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Using device fonts
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USING FLEX 4
Fonts
You can specify any font for the fontFamily property. However, not all systems have all font faces, which can result
in an unexpected appearance of your controls. The safest course when specifying font faces is to include a device font
as a default at the end of the font list. Device fonts do not export font outline information and are not embedded in the
SWF file. Instead, Flash Player uses whatever font on the client’s local computer most closely resembles the device font.
The following example specifies the device font _sans to use if Flash Player cannot find either of the other fonts on the
client machine:
Resolved code-reference.
@namespace s "library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark";
.myClass {
fontFamily: Arial, Helvetica, "_sans";
color: Red;
fontSize: 12;
fontWeight: bold;
}
The text in the RichText control uses the myClass class selector.
Note: You must surround device font names with quotation marks when defining them with style declarations.
Flash Player supports three device fonts. The following table describes these fonts:
Font name Description
_sans The _sans device font is a sans-serif typeface; for example, Helvetica or Arial.
_serif The _serif device font is a serif typeface; for example, Times Roman.
_typewriter The _typewriter device font is a monospace font; for example, Courier.
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