Full code after the jump.

The following example shows how you can embed system fonts in a Flex application using the [Embed] metadata with the systemFont attribute.

Full code after the [...]]]> In a previous example, “Embedding fonts in a Flex application using Embed metadata”, we saw how you could embed fonts using the [Embed] metadata with the source attribute.

The following example shows how you can embed system fonts in a Flex application using the [Embed] metadata with the systemFont attribute.

Full code after the jump.

View MXML

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- http://blog.flexexamples.com/2008/04/01/embedding-fonts-in-a-flex-application-using-embed-metadata-redux/ -->
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
        layout="vertical"
        verticalAlign="middle"
        backgroundColor="white">

    <mx:Style>
        .regularFontStyle {
            fontFamily: regularFont;
        }

        .italicFontStyle {
            fontFamily: italicFont;
            fontStyle: italic;
        }
    </mx:Style>

    <mx:Script>
        <![CDATA[
            import mx.controls.Alert;
            import mx.utils.ObjectUtil;

            [Bindable]
            [Embed("bulletWarning.png")]
            private var bulletWarningIcon:Class;

            [Embed(systemFont="Tahoma",
                    fontName="regularFont",
                    mimeType="application/x-font")]
            private var font1:Class;

            [Embed(systemFont="Tahoma",
                    fontName="italicFont",
                    fontStyle="italic",
                    advancedAntiAliasing="true",
                    mimeType="application/x-font")]
            private var font2:Class;

            private function displayEmbeddedFont(name:String):void {
                var font:Object = systemManager.embeddedFontList[name];
                Alert.show(ObjectUtil.toString(font), name + ":");
            }
        ]]>
    </mx:Script>

    <mx:Form>
        <mx:FormItem label="regularFont:" direction="horizontal">
            <mx:Label id="lbl1"
                    text="The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog."
                    styleName="regularFontStyle" />
            <mx:Image source="{bulletWarningIcon}"
                    click="displayEmbeddedFont('regularFont');" />
        </mx:FormItem>
        <mx:FormItem label="italicFont:" direction="horizontal">
            <mx:Label id="lbl2"
                    text="The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog."
                    styleName="italicFontStyle" />
            <mx:Image source="{bulletWarningIcon}"
                    click="displayEmbeddedFont('italicFont');" />
        </mx:FormItem>
    </mx:Form>

</mx:Application>

View source is enabled in the following example.

 

Full code after the jump.

Not being certain, I asked the [...]]]> OK, I learnt this trick a few weeks ago from a co-worker. A user emailed me and asked if it was possible to embed an HTML/text file in a Flex application rather than having to load the files at runtime, similar to how you can embed images or whatnot.

Not being certain, I asked the team and got this response…

Full code after the jump.

foobar.as

package {
    import flash.utils.ByteArray;

    [Embed(source="test.mxml", mimeType="application/octet-stream")]
    public class foobar extends ByteArray
    {
    }
}

test.mxml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" creationComplete="testMe()">

<mx:Script>
    <![CDATA[
       public var myText:foobar = new foobar();
        public function testMe():void {
            trace(myText.toString());
        }
    ]]>
</mx:Script>

</mx:Application>

PS: Thanks Brent!