# 1 embedded font, exported with 2 identifiers: only 1 identifier works

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**Created:** [November 19, 2010, 4:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/1-embedded-font-exported-with-2-identifiers-only-1-identifier-works/316371 "2010-11-19T16:43:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Absalom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d2c977/32.png) [@Absalom](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Absalom)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2010, 4:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/1-embedded-font-exported-with-2-identifiers-only-1-identifier-works/316371/1 "2010-11-19T16:43:44Z")

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Hi Everyone,

I am using Flash CS5 but working on an old fla file from a few years ago (which uses an AS2 file as its code).

I have to recompile the fla, because I changed a few tiny things in the AS code, so I saved it as CS5, recompiled and published…

The original fla file embeds the font \_sans, but it exports it twice (so the AS code could use it), each time with a different identifier.

The problem is that only one identifier is working in the final swf.  
Text boxes that use the other identifier do not show any text at all.

So I guess there is a collision? Is it not allowed to export a single font twice with two different identifiers? How to solve this problem?

Fla rules for embedding fonts might have changed since the old fla has been written… because its old swf did show text for both the identifiers.

Your help will be much appreciated! Thanks.