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Don’t Embed clears any previously specified individual characters or character sets.
Embedding characters
If you’re working with embedded fonts and know exactly what characters you need, you can
reduce file size by embedding only the characters that you need instead of including
additional, unused font outlines. To embed certain characters within a text field and not
embed a whole character set, use the Character Embedding dialog box to specify which
specific characters you want to embed.
To embed specific characters for use in a text field:
1. Create a new Flash document and save it as charembed.fla.
2. Using the Text tool, create a text field on the Stage and set the text field’s text type to either
dynamic or input.
3. With the text field still selected on the Stage, click Embed in the Property inspector to open
the Character Embedding dialog box.
The Character Embedding dialog box lets you set which character sets will embed in the
Flash document (as well as how many glyphs per character set), specify specific characters
to embed, and tells you the total number of glyphs being embedded for this text field.
4. Type the string hello world into the Include these characters text box.
The dialog box tells you that a total of 8 glyphs will be embedded for this text field. Even
though the string “hello world” contains 11 characters, Flash only embeds unique glyphs,
so the letters l and o are embedded once instead of multiple times.
5. Click OK to apply the changes and return to your document.
6. Using the Text tool, create a new text field on the Stage.
7. Set the text field’s text type to dynamic in the Property inspector.
8. Type the string hello world into the text field on the Stage.
9. Click Embed in the Property inspector to open the Character Embedding dialog box again.
10. Click Auto Fill to automatically populate the Include These Characters text box.
CAUTION
Clicking Don’t Embed in the Character Embedding dialog box removes any specified
embedded characters and character sets that were previously chosen without asking
you to confirm.
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