Embed system fonts with Flex SDK

Posted on 6th March 2010 in ActionScript | 1 Comment »

This little ActionScript 3 snippet will convert the system font to a SWF font instance that you can use in your AS3 project. Read the rest of this entry »

Enhance the ugly Eclipse icon on your Dock

Posted on 4th March 2010 in Developer tools, Eclipse, Mac OS | 2 Comments »

It’s pretty certain that an average Flash/RIA developer cares about how the dev tools look. If a piece of software looks ugly, it’s unlikely to be used.

Eclipse in that matter is one such tool. On Mac OS X its Dock icon looks ugly and the splash screen isn’t any better either. To improve this unbearable ugliness on the Dock, here’s a way to

swap this Eclipse original icon for this Eclipse cobranail icon
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