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I don't know how I missed this before or if it is new to the Docs, but under the Font section, there is a link to a handy tool http://impactjs.com/font-tool/ I was about to create my own version of it and am so happy I checked that page again. :) So I wanted to post and make sure others knew about it as well.

it's an awesome tool that one

I missed that too, thanks for the post!

That's helpful.

+1 x 10 !

That tool has never worked for me--I always get a default serif font instead of the one that I chose. Does it not work on Macs?

Seems to work for me on Mac OS X 10.6.7 with FF4. Make sure to hit the 'generate' button after selecting font specifics.

Hrm. Broken in Safari for me (sometimes, might be with particular fonts).

It seems to anti-alias the fonts. Any way to turn that off?

Yes. Click the little red button in Safari and then open Firefox. (Sorry, couldn't resist. My Dad always said that no one likes a wise ass. : > )

Can this be downloaded for offline use? I tried running it offline but the flash get_fonts.swf displays errors and cannot run. I was able to generate only the default arial font. Thanks.

I love this tool as well, I just really wish it had the ability to use the fonts that I have and would like to use.

I was debating it's offline use, cuz that would be perfect but I think it would work fine, all you would need to do is take out the swf, and include the folder as a reference for the select element.

I'm running into the same issue as paularmstrong: it just displays a standard serif font. Running into this issue on Chrome, Safari and Firefox. But just for some fonts, though I just can't figure out what causes this default display. I guess the answer lies in the way the SWF reads fonts and displays them.

I have a designer using two fonts in his screen design, both TTFs and both won't work. I even rebooted the system (OSX 10.7.4) - no change.

I'll switch over to Windows to give it a shot there since I need that bitmap and am not very fond of crafting it manually. But I expect this to be an issue with the SWF or even Flash itself having trouble reading and properly displaying this font.

Anyone else got any ideas?

It did work in Chrome on Windows 7 so it's gotta be a Mac font - Flash thing.