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<h1 class="refname">SWFFont::__construct</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 5 <= 5.3.0, PECL ming SVN)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">SWFFont::__construct</span> — <span class="dc-title">Loads a font definition</span></p>
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<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
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<span class="methodname"><strong>SWFFont::__construct</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$filename</code></span>
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<div class="warning"><strong class="warning">Warning</strong><p class="simpara">This function is
<em class="emphasis">EXPERIMENTAL</em>. The behaviour of this function, its name, and
surrounding documentation may change without notice in a future release of PHP.
This function should be used at your own risk.
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If <em><code class="parameter">filename</code></em> is the name of an FDB file
(i.e., it ends in ".fdb"), load the font definition found in said
file. Otherwise, create a browser-defined font reference.
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FDB ("font definition block") is a very simple wrapper for the SWF DefineFont2
block which contains a full description of a font. One may create FDB files from
SWT Generator template files with the included makefdb utility- look in the
util directory off the main ming distribution directory.
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Browser-defined fonts don't contain any information about the font other
than its name. It is assumed that the font definition will be provided by
the movie player. The fonts _serif, _sans, and _typewriter should always
be available. For example:
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<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br />$f </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">newSWFFont</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"_sans"</span><span style="color: #007700">); <br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
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will give you the standard sans-serif font, probably the same as what you'd get
with <em><font name="sans-serif"></em> in HTML.
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