Why does textHeight and getLineMetrics(0).height = 0 when I set embedFonts to true?

[Lu_Ke]

When I set a textFeild’s embardFonts=true the height is 0.
I jsut noticed the font isnt loading at all.

I am embeding this way :

[SOLVED] Issues with font embed for adobe air mobile target

This appears to work: 1.) Run openfl create project FontEmbedTest 2.) Add “ArbutusSlab-Regular.ttf” to the generated “Assets” folder 3.) Update the “Main.hx” class package; import openfl.display.Sprite; import openfl.text.TextField; import openfl.text.TextFormat; class Main extends Sprite { public function new () { super (); var textField = new TextField (); textField.defaultTextFormat = new TextFormat ("Arbutus Slab Regular", 40); textField.width = 1000; textField.t…

[Lu_Ke]

I got it to work by putting the font in a folder “fonts” in assets.
then adding this to the project.xml
<assets path="assets/fonts" rename="fonts" />
then getting the font name like this
Assets.getFont("fonts/fontfile.TTF").fontName

interested why I couldnt get your solution to work @singmajesty .
Thanks

[singmajesty]

When you <assets path="assets/fonts" />, the fonts should be included in your project. If you do a -verbose build, the tools should output the detected font name. As a result, you can use Assets.getFont, but also you can just use the name of the font, such as “Arial Bold”