# Can I imbed fonts from an external file?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-i-imbed-fonts-from-an-external-file/201845>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [September 25, 2006, 5:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-i-imbed-fonts-from-an-external-file/201845 "2006-09-25T17:16:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![OM2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3ab097/32.png) [@OM2](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/OM2)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2006, 5:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-i-imbed-fonts-from-an-external-file/201845/1 "2006-09-25T17:16:49Z")

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I’m developing a simple desktop application.  
I want to be able to imbed an external font and keep it be an external file.

Can I do this in Flash?

Thanks.

OM