Embedded font not visible

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I created a font symbol in the Library named Arial_embed and I’m applying that to a textfield like so:


private var statusFormat:TextFormat;        


private function createStatusBox() {
            status = new TextField();
            status.wordWrap = true;
            status.embedFonts = true;
            status.antiAliasType = AntiAliasType.ADVANCED;
            statusFormat = new TextFormat("Arial_embed",14,0x000000,false,false,false,null,null,"left");
            status.defaultTextFormat = statusFormat;
            status.autoSize = TextFieldAutoSize.LEFT;
            status.y = stage.stageHeight - 80;
            addChild(status);
        }

But the text is invisible on the stage - what am I missing here?

(Note that the text will show up if I comment out the embedFonts and antiAliasType lines)