Yet Another URL Encode Doubt

I have searched the forums extensively and tried many things out but nothing has worked:

I have an ASP file that passes on some variables to flash. I URLencoded these variables in the ASP file with this: server.URLencode(variable)

These variables get displayed in the flash file through dyanamic text boxes created with the createTextField, but the á,ã,ó characters still do not show up.

Did I miss a step here, is there a way to embed the fonts dyanmically through AS (since my dynamic text boxes are created through AS) if this is what is missing? Oh, and yes, I did save it as UTF-8 (although I have tried all other types).

Thanks,
ghjr