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I’m exhausted and having a brain fart.

What the hell do I have to do to get bold tags working in HTML text?

Code for text area:


private function addTextElement(w:int, xPos:int, yPos:int):void
		{
			_textArea = new TextField;
			
			_textArea.antiAliasType = AntiAliasType.ADVANCED;
			_textArea.defaultTextFormat = Styles.contentStyle;
			_textArea.embedFonts = true;
			_textArea.multiline = true;
			_textArea.selectable = false;
			_textArea.autoSize = TextFieldAutoSize.LEFT;
			_textArea.wordWrap = true;
			
			_textArea.width = w;
			_textArea.x = xPos;
			_textArea.y = yPos;
			
			addChild(_textArea);
		}

TextFormat:


public static function get contentStyle():TextFormat
		{
			var newFormat:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
			var newFont:Font = new Arial();
			
			newFormat.align = TextFormatAlign.LEFT;
			newFormat.color = 0xFFFFFF;
			newFormat.font = newFont.fontName;
			newFormat.leading = 2.5;
			
			return newFormat;
		}

XML Text:


<![CDATA[<font size="18">See how easy</font>... start your <b>FREE</b> trial today. ]]>

The font size works, but not the bold. It’s just Arial. I have both the bold version and the normal version embedded in the file. :m: