User Guide

recordFont 943
Example
This example shows that the radius of the model resource Sphere01 is 24.0:
put member("3D World").modelResource("Sphere01").radius
-- 24.0
randomSeed
Usage
the randomSeed
Description
System property; specifies the seed value used for generating random numbers accessed through
the
random() function.
Using the same seed produces the same sequence of random numbers. This property can be useful
for debugging during development. Using the
ticks property is an easy way to produce a unique
random seed since the
ticks value is highly unlikely to be duplicated on subsequent uses.
This property can be tested and set.
Example
This statement displays the random seed number in the Message window:
put the randomSeed
See also
random(), milliseconds
recordFont
Usage
recordFont(whichCastMember, font {[,face]} {,[bitmapSizes]} {,characterSubset}
{, userFontName})
Description
Command; embeds a TrueType or Type 1 font as a cast member. Once embedded, these fonts are
available to the author just like other fonts installed in the system.
You must create an empty font cast member with the
new() command before using recordFont.
• font—Name of original font to be recorded.
• face—List of symbols indicating the face of the original font; possible values are #plain,
#bold
, #italic. If you do not provide a value for this argument, #plain is used.
• bitmapSizes—List of integers specifying the sizes for which bitmaps are to be recorded. This
argument can be empty. If you omit this argument, no bitmaps are generated. These bitmaps
typically look better at smaller point sizes (below 14 points) but take up more memory.
• characterSubset—String of characters to be encoded. Only the specified characters will be
available in the font. If this argument is, all characters are encoded. If only certain characters
are encoded but an unencoded character is used, that character is displayed as an empty box.
• userFontName—A string to use as the name of the newly recorded font cast member.