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Feb 28, 2011

FontSwffer 1.1

Posted by Mikea | Filed under Apps, Development, MadeByPi® Labs, Typography

You may remember, in August last year, I released FontSwffer - a tool to simplify the creation of font SWFs for Flash.

Several minor updates and bug-fixes have been released over the last few months, and now, I think, it's time for a 'dot' release. So, here comes FontSwffer 1.1

Along with some little improvements, bug-fixes, and tweaks, the main new features are:

Project files:
You can now save and load all your font setup in FontSwffer project files (.fsproj - an uncompressed XML file)
File drag-drop support:
Drag-drop support has been added to the application for font files (.ttf, .otf, .ttc), font SWFs (.swf), and FontSwffer project files (.fsproj)
Application invoke options:
FontSwffer can now be invoked directly via project files, or by dropping font SWFs and fonts files onto the application icon.

If you've installed an earlier version, the next time you run FontSwffer the update should be downloaded to your desktop and it will ask you if you want to install it right away.

Or, if you fancy it, you can grab the new builds directly:

Windows - FontSwffer_1.1010_win32.zip
OSX - FontSwffer_1.1010_osx.zip

Aug 25, 2010

FontSwffer

Posted by Mikea | Filed under Apps, Development, MadeByPi® Labs, Typography

Creating font-asset SWFs for Flash used to be a bit of a pain. But now, there's FontSwffer.

FontSwffer is an Air 2 native application for Windows and OSX that lets you configure, build, and preview your font SWFs all in one place. All you need to do is set-up the fonts you want to embed and press a button, that's pretty much it. If you just want the font embed ActionScript to use in your own work-flow, FontSwffer can create that for you too.

FontSwffer uses the Flex 4 SDK to compile your SWFs, just point it to the location of the SDK on your hard-drive and you're good to go.
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Nov 4, 2009

Reducing the drudgery of embedding fonts in AS3

Posted by Mikea | Filed under MadeByPi® Labs, Technology, Typography, Usability

Using and managing embedded fonts in Flash is a lot easier than it was a few years ago, but I still find myself repeating tedious steps of set-up each time I need to create a new font-asset swf.

So, I created an Air application to do it for me