Embedded fonts are missing characters in display despite having all glyphs...

Hi,
As per the subject, I have a vast array of different fonts that I need to load on demand via CSS to SWF.
For the most part, this works very well. I have around 600 fonts where everything is just fine.
I also have some problem fonts like the below;
That is _supposed_ to display;
"ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"
All the glyphs are there, and have been validated using font.hasGlyphs(string) method.
The font works perfectly in numerous desktop applications
The font works perfectly when converted to a web font
Nonetheless, no matter what I try, or what SDK I use, the problem fonts always fail to display on the same characters.
My guess is, because they are allowing spaces for the characters, that the glyphs and / or metrics are slightly out, but I have absolutely no idea where to begin debugging this and I would welcome any input from anybody who _has_ got an idea!
Thanks,
G

Well, hasGlyphs just says there is data in the slot for that character, not whether the data is any good.
Essentially, all embedded fonts are transcoded into a Flash-compatible data format. Then Flash uses that data format to draw the glyph. There are 4 data formats that Flash uses, but they fall into two main categories: CFF, and non-CFF. The transcoding is done via the compiler with help from some font manager libraries listed in the flex-config.xml. Depending on whether you need CFF or non-CFF, I think different libraries are used. I've heard you may get slightly different results by messing around with the list of font managers, but I haven't proven it.
Anyway, first thing I would try is a simple, AS-only test with whatever configuration is failing (CFF or non-CFF). Then I would try the opposite configuration. Getting Flex and TLF out of the equation helps narrow down the possibilities. But it is probably some issue with the transcoding. Are there other commonalities with the non-working fonts? Are they all OTF or CFF fonts?
-Alex

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