# Text changes from trace() to TextField

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-changes-from-trace-to-textfield/304882>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [February 15, 2010, 11:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-changes-from-trace-to-textfield/304882 "2010-02-15T23:11:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![dalseide](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bb73d2/32.png) [@dalseide](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dalseide)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2010, 11:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-changes-from-trace-to-textfield/304882/1 "2010-02-15T23:11:57Z")

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I’m loading some text from an XML.  
If I use the trace() method, the output shows nordic letters (æøå), but when the text is shown on stage in a textfield, “ø” is shown correctly, but “å” becomes regular “a”.

• The font supports nordic letters.  
• All of the nordic letters is correctly displayed in the rest of the page I’m developing.  
• embedFonts = true;  
• XML is saved with UTF-8

… a shot in the dark is better than nothing at this point.