# Quick font question

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/quick-font-question/282469
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [February 22, 2009, 7:17pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/quick-font-question/282469 "2009-02-22T19:17:50Z")
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### Author: ![JTF2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a87d85/32.png) [@JTF2](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/JTF2)
#### Post date: [February 22, 2009, 7:17pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/quick-font-question/282469/1 "2009-02-22T19:17:50Z")

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i have a mc with a IDE created text field that has embedded fonts. can I use the same embedded fornt in a actionscript created textield without embedding it as a font in the library? if so what string do i set the TextFormat’s font property as?

thanks