# Font problem

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/font-problem/65564>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [September 27, 2004, 8:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/font-problem/65564 "2004-09-27T20:40:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Coolio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/94ad74/32.png) [@Coolio](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Coolio)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2004, 8:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/font-problem/65564/1 "2004-09-27T20:40:03Z")

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eya folks !

got like a big font problem here, i have this textbox right, dynamic, working all fine , showing the external text i made and so on…

BUT… i´ve put in danish language… and some of the letters wont show in the flash file, it only show boxes and stuff? and im using font type Tahoma, shouldnt be a problem in any other app… why here?

the letters i have a prob with are

æ,ø and å

i´d like some help quickly please 🙂

Cheers to all!!

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2004, 8:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/font-problem/65564/2 "2004-09-27T20:57:51Z")

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Embed it 😉

Actually, I don’t know if it will work… but try it anyway.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2004, 9:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/font-problem/65564/3 "2004-09-27T21:02:46Z")

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hmm… i tried that, went totally messy instead, and the letters didnt show up anyway…

the text is html text btw, is there like a code i could include for it to show those letters?

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2004, 9:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/font-problem/65564/4 "2004-09-27T21:22:18Z")

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> [@Coolio](#):
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> hmm… i tried that, went totally messy instead, and the letters didnt show up anyway…
> 
> the text is html text btw, is there like a code i could include for it to show those letters?

Try typing  
System.useCodepage=true;  
in the first frame of your movie

or if loading from text try convert from ASCII to UNICODE.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2004, 10:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/font-problem/65564/5 "2004-09-27T22:12:13Z")

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thx there !! the System.useCodepage=true; worked wonders 🙂 \*\*\*\* was i looking for stuff like that 😛 hehe… cheers!!

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2004, 10:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/font-problem/65564/6 "2004-09-27T22:18:13Z")

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> [@Coolio](#):
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> thx there !! the System.useCodepage=true; worked wonders 🙂 \*\*\*\* was i looking for stuff like that 😛 hehe… cheers!!

I`m Really glad it helped