# Embedding and using external fonts

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/embedding-and-using-external-fonts/315138>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [October 18, 2010, 8:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/embedding-and-using-external-fonts/315138 "2010-10-18T20:02:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![bsmh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecb155/32.png) [@bsmh](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bsmh)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2010, 8:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/embedding-and-using-external-fonts/315138/1 "2010-10-18T20:02:49Z")

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I was trying this embed external fonts method found in this video.

[http://www.as3apex.com/uncategorized/how-to-create-and-load-fontswf-files-and-use-the-loaded-swfs-embedded-font-at-runtime/](http://www.as3apex.com/uncategorized/how-to-create-and-load-fontswf-files-and-use-the-loaded-swfs-embedded-font-at-runtime/)

This method works great for dynamically created textfields. The problem is it doesn’t seem to work with text fields that are already on the stage.  
Why would there be a difference?