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  1. package ClientLoader
  2. {
  3. 	import flash.display.Loader;
  4. 	import flash.display.Sprite;
  5. 	import flash.events.Event;
  6. 	import flash.events.IOErrorEvent;
  7. 	import flash.net.URLRequest;
  8. 	import flash.text.Font;
  9. 	import flash.text.TextField;
  10. 	import flash.text.TextFormat;
  11.  
  12. 	public class EmbededFonts extends Sprite
  13. 	{
  14. 		// embed a font from an external swf
  15. 		private var _loader:Loader;
  16. 		private var _fontLibrary:Class;
  17.  
  18. 		public function EmbededFonts()
  19. 		{
  20. 			super();
  21.  
  22. 			_loader = new Loader();
  23. 			var urlRequest:URLRequest = new URLRequest("assets/Fonts.swf");
  24. 			_loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR, _loader_onIoError);
  25. 			_loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, _loader_onComplete);
  26. 			_loader.load(urlRequest);
  27. 		}
  28.  
  29. 		protected function _loader_onIoError(event:IOErrorEvent):void
  30. 		{
  31. 			_loader.contentLoaderInfo.removeEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR, _loader_onIoError);
  32. 			trace("failed to load the .swf file");
  33. 		}
  34. 		protected function _loader_onComplete(event:Event):void
  35. 		{
  36. 			_loader.contentLoaderInfo.removeEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, _loader_onComplete);
  37.  
  38. 			_fontLibrary = event.target.applicationDomain.getDefinition("BernardMTCondensedFont") as Class; // font family name
  39. 			Font.registerFont(_fontLibrary);
  40.  
  41. 			DoPaint();
  42. 		}
  43.  
  44. 		private function DoPaint():void
  45. 		{
  46. 			var textFormat:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
  47. 			textFormat.font = "Bernard MT Condensed"; // font name
  48. 			textFormat.bold = true;
  49. 			textFormat.letterSpacing = 10;
  50.  
  51. 			var textField:TextField = new TextField();
  52. 			textField.width = 300;
  53. 			textField.text = "99:99:99";
  54. 			textField.textColor = 0x0000ff;
  55. 			textField.setTextFormat(textFormat);
  56.  
  57. 			this.addChild(textField);
  58. 		}
  59. 	}
  60. }

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