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April 19, 2007

How to use subscript & superscript in dynamic and input text field

Issue:

  • Unable to use subscript or superscript in dynamic and input text field.
  • Unable to display subscript or superscript for external loaded text.
  • Unable to use <sub> & <sup> tags in dynamic or input text field.
  • To create subscript or superscript text without Text Layout Framework (TLF).

Reason:
<sub> & <sup> tags are not supported by Flash.

TechNote: Subscript and superscript fail in dynamic and input text fields
LiveDocs: Supported HTML tags

Solution:

  1. Download & install GG Subscript & GG Superscript TrueType fonts. You will need to restart Flash software after installed fonts.
  2. Create a dynamic text field with Arial font embeded. Set the HTML property to true.
  3. Create a dynamic text field with GG Subscript font embeded.
  4. Create a dynamic text field with GG Superscript font embeded.
  5. Use HTML tag to set text to subscript or superscript like below:
    Adobe<font face="GG Superscript">TM</font>

    If you are using ActionScript to test the htmlText, use script like below:

    my_txt.text = "Adobe<font face="GG Superscript">TM</font>";

Demo:

(Please open the article to see the flash file or player.)

Download:
superscript.fla
superscript.swf

Updated: (2008-09-21)
A new set of superscript & subscript fonts includes both sans & serif type, with more complete & improved glyphs, standard scale & shift, is now available to be downloaded (free) from here.

Updated: (2010-10-23)
Another set of fonts for displaying square root (SQRT), cube root, nth root, and other roots formula in dynamic and input text field is now available here.

Related:
For creating subscript & superscript text with Text Layout Framework in AS3 or Flex project, refer to here

Filed under: ActionScript,HTML — Tags: , , , , — GG @ 5:51 pm

October 23, 2010

Roots in dynamic and input text field

This is a solution for using Square root (SQRT), cube root, nth root, and other roots formula in dynamic and input text field, extended from the article How to use subscript & superscript in dynamic and input text field.

  1. Download & install GG Root Sans N, GG Root Sans Radical, GG Root Sans Radicand fonts.
  2. Create a dynamic text field with Arial font embeded. Set the HTML property to true.
  3. Create a dynamic text field with GG Root Sans N font embeded.
  4. Create a dynamic text field with GG Root Sans Radical font embeded.
  5. Create a dynamic text field with GG Root Sans Radicand font embeded.
  6. Use HTML tag to set text to roots formula like below:
    my_txt.html = true;
    my_txt.htmlText = "GG Root Sans<br>";
    my_txt.htmlText += "<font face="GG Root Sans Radical"> </font><font face="GG Root Sans Radicand">2</font>";
    my_txt.htmlText += "<font face="GG Root Sans Radical">n</font><font face="GG Root Sans Radicand">x</font>";
    my_txt.htmlText += "<font face="GG Root Sans Radical">2</font><font face="GG Root Sans Radicand">3</font>";
    my_txt.htmlText += "g = <font face="GG Root Sans N">f(d+e</font><font face="GG Root Sans Radical">)</font><font face="GG Root Sans Radicand">(ax+by)(ax-by)</font>";

Demo:

(Please open the article to see the flash file or player.)

Download:

Filed under: ActionScript,Flash Platform,HTML — Tags: , , , — GG @ 3:37 pm

June 5, 2015

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September 21, 2008

Download free TrueType Fonts

These TrueType fonts originally created for solving problem in Flash, but it can be used elsewhere including web and desktop applications.

GG SignDings GG SignDings
GG Subscript Serif GG Subscript
GG Superscript
GG Subscript Sans
GG Superscript Sans
GG Subscript Serif
GG Superscript Serif
GG Root Sans N GG Root Sans N
GG Root Sans Radical
GG Root Sans Radicand

All fonts from GGSHOW.COM are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License.

Filed under: Flash,Web — Tags: , , , , , — GG @ 8:51 pm

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