font-embedding

In Adobe Flex, why does an embedded version of a font, behave differently from the same font installed in the system.

Scenario: Flex application utilizing an @font-face declaration for embedding the font. (Embedded fonts are required to be able to rotate text.) The application was originally developed as an English application, but during localization it became necessary to locate a unicode font capable of displaying Asian characters. The original im...

Why doesnt Acrobat Distiller embed all fonts fully?

When I use Acrobat Distiller (v.9.1.3), it seems that I cannot embed all fonts -- at least not in the way I want to (no subsetting). One example is Wingdings (TrueType). I activated the tickboxes and settings to "Always embed" and "No subsetting". If I check in a text editor the *.joboptions file that I saved as my custom Distiller prof...

Flex/Flash Font Embedding...

I have a Flex 4 project that exists in a hybrid state of Flex/Flash AS3. I've declared a stylesheet in the base component of a Window: <fx:Style source="styles/styles.css" /> And all of my Flex components can display this font. The stylesheet looks like this: @font-face { src: url("../fonts/Whitney-Light-Pro.otf"); fontFamily...

How does @font-face work?

I am aware that using @font-face allows the browser to download a custom font and use it in a web page just like any system font. What I want to know is if the browser encodes the font or uses it without exposing it? Thanks ...

@font-face anti-aliasing on windows and mac

I've used http://www.fontsquirrel.com/ to create a @font-face kit. It works fine, but the result on windows is different from the result on mac. On windows the font seems to have a wrong anti-aliasing: this is the result on Mac with FF, Chrome or Safari (all updated to last version). this is the result on Windows with FF or Chrome. ...