I’ve been using Flash for a few years now and I’ve recently (5 months+) started using CS5 package.
My query is how do I successfully embed accented latin characters into a “classic” dynamic text field in my compiled Flash movie that are called from an external text file. I’ve searched the various forums online and all the methods demonstrated have not worked.
What I’ve done so far is to to select my dynamic text field, click on “Embed” within the PROPERTIES area, choose the font and the weight, then add any of the foreign characters and/or glyphs to the “Also include these characters:” area then finish up and compile. When I run my SWF file, the glyphs and accented fonts are missing but all the other typical Latin characters show up.
I tried this same method in CS4 (because we have an old Mac in the office too), and almost the same thing happened except instead of completely missing out the glyphs and fonts, it showed a box (almost like an image placeholder) instead.
What am I doing wrong?
I’ve found that I have to add Basic Latin and the extended Latin sets from further down the list, to ensure the standard accented characters from French appear correctly.
Also make sure that your chosen font does support the full range of characters you require by opening it in Character Map (windows).