# Tutorial issues / me being dumb
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tutorial-issues-me-being-dumb/26874
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [July 27, 2003, 8:17pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tutorial-issues-me-being-dumb/26874 "2003-07-27T20:17:29Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@pissant](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/pissant)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2003, 8:17pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tutorial-issues-me-being-dumb/26874/1 "2003-07-27T20:17:29Z")
I can’t seem to get [this tutorial](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/fadingtext.htm) to work as simply as it says. The problem being that the tween doesn’t render the text within the movie clip. Am I being really dumb, or is the only way to get it to work by breaking apart the text twice?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2003, 9:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tutorial-issues-me-being-dumb/26874/2 "2003-07-27T21:35:30Z")
You can’t tween dynamic text without embedding it.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2003, 10:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tutorial-issues-me-being-dumb/26874/3 "2003-07-27T22:06:55Z")
OK, I did think I was going mad then: the problem was actually with the static text. After a bit of trial and error, I think I may have found the solution. The problem appears to be that I was using the device fonts. With all the other fonts, it works fine. Is that a bug, or some quirk I just couldn’t see coming?
Actually, is that because the device fonts aren’t embedded? That would explain a lot. Phew. Two hours down the drain, but I know more about Flash :nerd:
Thanks electrongeek, you’ve put me on the right track.