http://www.spikything.com/blog part designer. part developer. all creative Sat, 24 Jul 2010 20:41:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.spikything.com/blog/index.php/2010/06/04/migrating-to-flex-sdk-4/ http://www.spikything.com/blog/index.php/2010/06/04/migrating-to-flex-sdk-4/#comments Fri, 04 Jun 2010 10:42:14 +0000 Liam http://www.spikything.com/blog/?p=266 In moving to compiling projects with the new Flex SDK 4, in noticed a couple of gotchas to do with the EMBED metatag that I thought I'd better share: Runtime shared libraries If you're like me and want to embed … Continue reading →]]> http://www.spikything.com/blog/index.php/2010/06/04/migrating-to-flex-sdk-4/feed/ 0 http://www.spikything.com/blog/index.php/2009/09/06/how-to-embed-fonts-in-pure-as3/ http://www.spikything.com/blog/index.php/2009/09/06/how-to-embed-fonts-in-pure-as3/#comments Sun, 06 Sep 2009 11:59:44 +0000 Liam http://www.spikything.com/blog/?p=184 On my travels as a contractor, I've seen various methods used for embedding fonts in ActionScript 3 projects (code embedded, creating font SWFs, runtime loading, etc). Each of them has its own merits (and limitations), but generally you're looking for … Continue reading →]]> http://www.spikything.com/blog/index.php/2009/09/06/how-to-embed-fonts-in-pure-as3/feed/ 1 http://www.spikything.com/blog/index.php/2009/09/01/typelight-a-freeware-font-editor/ http://www.spikything.com/blog/index.php/2009/09/01/typelight-a-freeware-font-editor/#comments Tue, 01 Sep 2009 19:06:36 +0000 Liam http://www.spikything.com/blog/?p=172 I just stumbled across this rather useful OpenType font editor. Called typelight, there are freeware and business licensing options available and you should certainly consider it before forking out for something like Fontographer.]]> http://www.spikything.com/blog/index.php/2009/09/01/typelight-a-freeware-font-editor/feed/ 0 http://www.spikything.com/blog/index.php/2008/09/02/when-fonts-attack/ http://www.spikything.com/blog/index.php/2008/09/02/when-fonts-attack/#comments Tue, 02 Sep 2008 01:09:53 +0000 Liam http://spikything.com/blog/index.php/2008/09/02/when-fonts-attack/ You know the drill... you open an FLA you've been given and it complains it's missing several never-before-heard-of fonts that you can't find anywhere. Wouldn't life be easy if everything could just be Arial, for example. Try this little JSFL … Continue reading →]]> http://www.spikything.com/blog/index.php/2008/09/02/when-fonts-attack/feed/ 0