# Do I need to embed characters when using TextField type password?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/do-i-need-to-embed-characters-when-using-textfield-type-password/294761>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [August 19, 2009, 2:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/do-i-need-to-embed-characters-when-using-textfield-type-password/294761 "2009-08-19T14:20:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Swooter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@Swooter](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Swooter)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2009, 2:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/do-i-need-to-embed-characters-when-using-textfield-type-password/294761/1 "2009-08-19T14:20:27Z")

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Do I need to embed the whole font when using TextField.type = password?  
Or only the asterix character?