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This little ActionScript 3 snippet will convert the system font to a SWF font instance that you can use in your AS3 project.

Compared to the bugloaded madness of embedding a font in Flash CS3, Flex SDK (in combination with Eclipse Platform and AXDT for instance) really makes it easy with a following ActionScript snippet:

package {
 
	import flash.display.Sprite;
 
	public class Impact extends Sprite {
 
		[Embed(systemFont='Impact', fontName='Impact', mimeType='application/x-font')]
		public static var Impact:Class;
 
	}
}

As can be told from the above ActionScript code, it will embed a font called Impact.

Download Impact.as

Related resources:

• Eclipse Platform
• AXDT – set of Open Source plugins for AS3/MXML support on Eclipse
• Flex SDK open source framework for building and maintaining expressive web applications
• Enhance the ugly Eclipse icon on your Dock