Embedding fonts

[MJK]

Is there any logical reason why embedding a font works on some machines while it doesn't work on others? Any operating system specific constraints etc that I should be aware of?

[Francois]

It depends on the fonts intalled on the machine...

[MJK]

Hmm. Maybe to clarify my point: I have the font installed on my machine, I embed it in MMF and compile the SWF. I test the game on another machine and it displays the embedded font correctly. I test the game on a third machine (Windows 7) but the embedded font doesn't show up correctly. Both the 2nd and 3rd machine don't have the font installed.

[Francois]

Embedded font, once embedded succesfully are managed by Flash itself. If it works on one machine and not on another, there is a high chance that it is a bug in Flash itself.
I have no clue on what to do about this.

[MJK]

Thanks.

Does anyone have experience in embedding fonts and testing them successfully on Windows 7? The only computer I have trouble with embedded font showing up correctly is running Win 7 and I'm just wondering if the OS somehow affects the behavior..

[qenio]

I've embedded font in SWF and tested it on Win XP, Vista and 7.
Works fine on all of them.

[MJK]

Ok, good to know. Then I guess the problem has something to do with the specific font file I'm using or the specific system I tested the game on.

[Tiles]

Browser issue maybe?

[SoftWarewolf]

i noticed embedding "Small Fonts" doesn't work, is that a standard font on all kinds of computers?