| Fonts are the trickier part
of the Anfy Flash.
Using Fonts in Flash Applets
The fonts you use in our applets must be of a special format
with the fft-extension (Macromedia Generator Font format).
However, you can always use the system fonts: Times New Roman,
Arial (or Verdana) and Courier. These are "built-in"
into the applets. The applets would be somewhat boring if
you could only use these fonts, so we are providing you with
a multitude of freeware fonts that have been available to
us from their creators. These were original True Type Fonts
that have been converted to the purpose to be used within
the Anfy Flash site. To protect the creators, these fonts
may only be used within the Anfy Flash site (you will not
have any use of them in other software anyway).
Selecting a font in the VAC Configuration Dialog
The font fields are usually located under the Fonts-tab in
the VAC configuration dialog. It will look like this (when
expanded):
This field will contain the three system fonts
(_arial, _courier and _timesroman) in addition to the FFT
fonts you have in your folder. Commercial users will have
the option to copy fonts to their file folder by clicking
on this option in the file handler.
They will be able to select from our extensive collection
of freeware fonts. Free users will only have access to a selected
few FFT fonts (in addition to the system fonts) that we put
in the general templates folder, which are used in the applet
examples.
The difference between system fonts and FFT fonts
So, what's the difference between using the system fonts
and the FFT fonts? The system fonts (_arial, _courier and
_timesroman) will take up less space on your created SWF file.
FFT fonts however, will be embedded into the SWF file. This
means that by using these fonts, your file can swell significantly.
How to put your own fonts into your folder (Commercial
accounts only)
Just upload the fonts you want to have converted to your
account, the system will try to convert them and notify you
about it. Note, at the moment the system does not support
conversion of all fonts.
Using Fonts in JavaScript Effects
JavaScript effects work a bit different, the font specification
varies from effect to effect. Note that you also can set the
fonts on the effects by just editing the JS file, and they
are largely dependent on where you put the <SCRIPT>
tags.
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