# How to display scandinavian fonts properly

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-display-scandinavian-fonts-properly/185419
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**Created:** [April 13, 2006, 9:02am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-display-scandinavian-fonts-properly/185419 "2006-04-13T09:02:45Z")
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### Author: ![samibkk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@samibkk](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/samibkk)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2006, 9:02am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-display-scandinavian-fonts-properly/185419/1 "2006-04-13T09:02:45Z")

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Hi  
can anyone help me figure this one out.  
I have made a photogallery using the excellent tutorial found here  
([http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx2004/xml\_flash\_photogallery.htm](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx2004/xml_flash_photogallery.htm))

I managed to put it together fine.  
My problem is that some of the descriptions of my images require scandinavian fonts, like A and O with 2 dots over them.

Does nanyone know how to make flash do this, right now my fonts (the missing scandinavian letters only) display as rectangles or something similar.

Thanks  
sami

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### Author: ![samibkk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@samibkk](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/samibkk)
#### Post date: [April 15, 2006, 11:21am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-display-scandinavian-fonts-properly/185419/2 "2006-04-15T11:21:51Z")

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incase anyone is wondering about the same problem, I solved it by adding this at the beginning of the movie clip that loads the xml file with the dfata:  
system.useCodepage = true;  
work perfectly