Styling a Flex Button control using embedded fonts

The following example shows how you can customize the appearance of a Flex Button control by using an embedded font and removing the Button’s default skin.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" applicationComplete="init()" layout="vertical" verticalAlign="middle" backgroundColor="white"> <mx:String id="fileName" /> <mx:String id="fileSize" /> <mx:Script> <![CDATA[ private function init():void { var appInfo:LoaderInfo = Application.application.loaderInfo; /* Just grab the filename from the SWF URL. */ fileName = (appInfo.url).split("/").pop(); /* Convert bytes to kilobytes. */ fileSize = (appInfo.bytesTotal / 1024).toFixed(2); } ]]> </mx:Script> <mx:Style> @font-face{ src: url("./fonts/base02.ttf"); fontFamily: "Base02"; } .myButtonStyle { embedFonts: true; fontFamily: Base02; fontWeight: normal; fontSize: 24; cornerRadius: 0; letterSpacing: 4; textRollOverColor: red; skin: ClassReference(null); icon: Embed(source="./assets/iconInstall.png"); } </mx:Style> <mx:ApplicationControlBar id="applicationControlBar" dock="true"> <mx:Label id="info" text="{fileName} ({fileSize}kb)" /> </mx:ApplicationControlBar> <mx:Button id="btn" label="{btn.getStyle('fontFamily')}" styleName="myButtonStyle" /> </mx:Application>