The following example shows how you can determine which fonts are embedded within your Flex application by using the SystemManager class’s embeddedFontList property.

Full code after the jump.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- http://blog.flexexamples.com/2008/03/31/determining-which-fonts-are-embedded-in-a-flex-application/ -->
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
        layout="vertical"
        verticalAlign="middle"
        backgroundColor="white"
        applicationComplete="init();">
 
    <mx:Style>
        @font-face {
            src: local('Arial');
            fontFamily: ArialEmbedded;
        }
 
        @font-face {
            src: local('Verdana');
            fontFamily: VerdanaEmbedded;
        }
    </mx:Style>
 
    <mx:Script>
        <![CDATA[
            import mx.utils.ObjectUtil;
 
            private function init():void {
                var fontList:Object =  systemManager.embeddedFontList;
                textArea.text = ObjectUtil.toString(fontList);
            }
        ]]>
    </mx:Script>
 
    <mx:Form>
        <mx:FormItem label="systemManager.embeddedFontList:">
            <mx:TextArea id="textArea"
                    editable="false"
                    width="320"
                    height="160" />
        </mx:FormItem>
    </mx:Form>
 
</mx:Application>

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Peter deHaan currently works for Adobe on the Flex SDK QA team. While not working on Flex, Flash, and ColdFusion applications, Peter enjoys making up bios and writing in 3rd person. Peter's rarely updated blog can be found at blogs.adobe.com/pdehaan/, actionscriptexamples.com, airexamples.com, and coldfusionexamples.com.

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