Substituting missing fonts

If you work with a document that contains fonts that aren’t installed on your system, Flash uses the fonts available on your system. You can select which fonts are substituted for the missing fonts, or you can let Flash substitute missing fonts with the Flash System Default Font.

When a font is substituted, the text is displayed on your system using the substitute font, but the missing font information is saved with the document. If the document is reopened on a system that includes the missing font, the text is displayed in that font.

When you work with a document that includes missing fonts, the missing fonts appear in the font list in the Property inspector. When you select substitute fonts, the substitute fonts names also appear, enclosed by parentheses to identify them as substitute fonts.

If you apply formatting (such as font size or kerning) to the substitute font, check the formatting when the text is displayed in the missing font, because it may not look as expected.

If you install a previously missing font on your system and restart Flash, the font is displayed in documents that use the font, and the font is removed from the Missing Fonts dialog box.