var textContainer:Sprite = addChild(new Sprite()) as Sprite;
 
var text:String = '<TextFlow xmlns="http://ns.adobe.com/textLayout/2008">';
text += '<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.</p>';
text += '<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. </p>';
text += '</TextFlow>';
 
// some basic text formatting
var format:TextLayoutFormat = new TextLayoutFormat();
format.fontFamily = AvenirLight.NAME;
format.fontSize = 18;
format.color = 0x000000;
format.kerning = Kerning.ON;
format.paragraphSpaceAfter = 15;
format.renderingMode = RenderingMode.CFF;
format.fontLookup = FontLookup.EMBEDDED_CFF;
 
var config:Configuration = new Configuration();
config.textFlowInitialFormat = format;     
 
// make the text selectable
var textFlow:TextFlow = TextFilter.importToFlow(text, TextFilter.TEXT_LAYOUT_FORMAT, config);
textFlow.interactionManager = new SelectionManager();  
 
var exampleContainerWidth:uint = 700;
 
textFlow.whiteSpaceCollapse = flashx.textLayout.formats.WhiteSpaceCollapse.PRESERVE;
textFlow.flowComposer.addController(new ContainerController(textContainer, exampleContainerWidth, NaN));
textFlow.flowComposer.updateAllControllers();

var label:String = 'Some static text';
 
var factory:StringTextLineFactory = new StringTextLineFactory();
factory.compositionBounds = new Rectangle(0, 0, NaN, NaN);
 
// basic text formatting
var format:TextLayoutFormat = new TextLayoutFormat();
format.fontFamily = AvenirLight.NAME
format.fontSize = 18;
format.color = 0x000000;
format.renderingMode = RenderingMode.CFF;
format.fontLookup = FontLookup.EMBEDDED_CFF;
 
factory.text = label;
factory.spanFormat = format;
factory.createTextLines(addTextLineToContainer);
 
private function addTextLineToContainer(textline:TextLine):void
{
	addChild(textline);
}

package 
{
	import flash.display.Sprite;
	import flash.text.engine.Kerning;
 
	import flashx.textLayout.container.DisplayObjectContainerController;
	import flashx.textLayout.container.IContainerController;
	import flashx.textLayout.conversion.ImportExportConfiguration;
	import flashx.textLayout.conversion.TextFilter;
	import flashx.textLayout.elements.Configuration;
	import flashx.textLayout.elements.TextFlow;
	import flashx.textLayout.formats.CharacterFormat;
	import flashx.textLayout.formats.ParagraphFormat;
 
	[SWF(width='400', height='100', backgroundColor='#000000', frameRate='30')]
 
	public class TypographyTest extends Sprite
	{
		[Embed(source="ASVCodarLTLight.ttf", fontFamily="ASVCodar LT", cff="true")]
		private var _asv_codar_light:String;
 
		public function TypographyTest()
		{
			var text:String = <TextFlow xmlns="http://ns.adobe.com/textLayout/2008">
			<div>
			<p>
			This is a test showing <span baselineShift="superscript">2</span> typographical<span baselineShift="subscript">3</span> controls.
			</p>
			</div>
			</TextFlow>;
 
			var charFormat:CharacterFormat = new CharacterFormat();
			charFormat.color = 0xFFFFFF;
			charFormat.fontFamily = "ASVCodar LT";
			charFormat.fontSize = 20;
			charFormat.kerning = Kerning.ON;
			charFormat.fontLookup = flash.text.engine.FontLookup.EMBEDDED_CFF;
			charFormat.renderingMode = flash.text.engine.RenderingMode.CFF;         
 
			var textFlow:TextFlow = TextFilter.importToFlow(text, TextFilter.TEXT_LAYOUT_FORMAT);
			textFlow.characterFormat = charFormat;
			textFlow.paddingTop = 20;
			textFlow.whiteSpaceCollapse = flashx.textLayout.formats.WhiteSpaceCollapse.PRESERVE;
 
			var container:Sprite = addChild(new Sprite()) as Sprite;
 
			textFlow.flowComposer.addController(new DisplayObjectContainerController(container, 400, 100));
 
			textFlow.flowComposer.updateAllContainers();
		}
	}
}

package com.cameronyule.fonts
{
	import flash.text.Font;
 
	public class AFont extends Font 
	{
		[Embed(source="/path/to/fonts/AFont.ttf", fontFamily="AFont", cff="true")]
		private var _a_font:String;
 
		public static const NAME:String = "AFont";
 
		public function AFont() 
		{
			super();
			_a_font;
		}
	}
}

private function createTextLine(someText:String):void
{	
	var bounds:Rectangle = new Rectangle(10, 10, this.width, this.height);
 
	var paragraphFormat:ParagraphFormat = new ParagraphFormat();
	paragraphFormat.direction = Direction.LTR;
 
	var characterFormat:CharacterFormat = new CharacterFormat();
	characterFormat.fontSize = 18;
	characterFormat.fontFamily = AFont.NAME;
	characterFormat.fontLookup = flash.text.engine.FontLookup.EMBEDDED_CFF;
	characterFormat.renderingMode = flash.text.engine.RenderingMode.CFF;
 
	TextLineFactory.createTextLinesFromString(addTextLineToContainer, someText, bounds, characterFormat, paragraphFormat);
}
 
private function addTextLineToContainer(textLine:flash.text.engine.TextLine):void
{
	this.addChild(textLine);
}