# Font HELL --- PLEASE HELP

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/font-hell-please-help/68212>\
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**Created:** [October 22, 2004, 11:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/font-hell-please-help/68212 "2004-10-22T23:11:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![meatcake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d2c977/32.png) [@meatcake](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/meatcake)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 11:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/font-hell-please-help/68212/1 "2004-10-22T23:11:54Z")

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I’m an advanced actionscripter. And I am the closest I want to be to hell right now dealing with font symbols. If you have 5 minutes, PLEASE read this whole thing, as I’m beyond eager for open discussion on what the F\*\*CK (excuse me) the custom is for _contending with_ font symbols/anything font oriented in mx2004.

I’ve tried all of these: StyleSheet / TextFormat() / using tags from my XML to format the movie’s text, etc.

If I’m using any of the above, it’s necessary to have the font in the library.

If a font symbol’s in the library, you can’t set a textFormat() to ’ bold=true ';

the font will not render in the field.

you know what…I’m exhausted experimenting with this BULL. I could have made 20 awesome-looking designs in the time it’s taking me to use a f\*ing typeface in flash.

I’ve been doing flash design for 6 years and i’m seriously about to give the whole crap up.