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#1748 DefineEditText renders wrong fonts

Author:

Akira896

Date created: 11/14/2021, 5:25:48 pm

Type: bug

Visibility: Everybody

Assigned to:

Labels: Flash ViewerText

State: closed Help

Before the discontinuation of Adobe Flash, JPEXS was able to preview texts with its respective fonts (which makes editing texts a lot easier). Nowadays, despite having the option of still using flash despite its discontinuation, having Adobe Flash today is pretty much impossible (I have it right now, but I had to install Windows 10 with an update before January 2021 and skip pretty much every security update, which is getting annoying). Are there any chances that the proper text preview can be done without the use of Adobe Flash? Maybe an update in the future?

JPEXS

11/14/2021, 6:05:03 pm

What do you mean "proper text preview"? The decompiler already has text rendering without using Flash. Could you provide sample SWF file for which it does not work?

Akira896

11/15/2021, 5:05:37 pm

That doesn't seem to be the case for me. Every single SWF file I open only has the proper font when I use Adobe Flash. If I disable the option, the text appears in a Generic font (and most of the time cuts). I'll provide an SWF as an example wiht the game "Fakin' It!" by Jackbox and below a few screenshots of what I mean.

5537.swf (112 KiB)

Akira896

11/15/2021, 5:06:09 pm

This is what happens when I don't activate Adobe Flash.

No Adobe Flash.PNG (114 KiB)

Akira896

11/15/2021, 5:06:41 pm

And this is what happens when I activate it. Maybe I forgot to activate an option?

With Adobe Flash.PNG (111 KiB)

JPEXS

11/15/2021, 7:20:08 pm

Please try nightly 1940 - https://github.com/jindrapetrik/jpexs-decompiler/releases I think it should be better now.

State: new→upgraded
Title: Text preview without the use of Adobe Flash→DefineEditText renders wrong fonts

Akira896

11/15/2021, 7:51:27 pm

Yeah, that's DEFINITELY better, now the texts show the correct fonts. However, it still has issues. Some texts don't show up how they should be. For example, in the same SWF, the word "SCORES" appears with no spaces at all. I'll attach a screenshot below.

No Adobe Flash.PNG (116 KiB)

With Adobe Flash.PNG (112 KiB)

JPEXS

11/17/2021, 9:21:33 am

Please try nightly 1941, I think it's okay now.

Akira896

11/17/2021, 4:08:20 pm

Yeah, now they have proper spacing. However, the size of some texts is still wrong. Using the same example of "SCORES", we can see that without Adobe Flash the text clips with the graphic below, which is not the case when using Adobe Flash (this shows exactly how it appears in-game). I'll attach both screenshots below as always.

No Adobe Flash.PNG (113 KiB)

With Adobe Flash.PNG (111 KiB)

Akira896

11/17/2021, 4:15:35 pm

There are also some texts which have the horizontal spacing right, but the vertical spacing wrong. I'll attach an example below with the game "Survive the Internet".

No Adobe Flash.PNG (121 KiB)

With Adobe Flash.PNG (119 KiB)

JPEXS

11/17/2021, 4:18:49 pm

Could you please also attach "Survive the Internet" swf file?

Akira896

11/17/2021, 5:06:45 pm

Sure thing

7603.swf (4,186 KiB)

JPEXS

11/17/2021, 8:26:24 pm

Try nightly 1942. It should be okay now.