Font in flash .swf changes

Hi,
I'm using a Futura font in my flash website. When I open the
.swf file to test it out on my computer the font appears as I
selected. But on other peoples computers it gets replaced with a
Times New Roman font (I'm guessing this is some kinda default cause
my computer didn't originally come with futura). How do I stop this
from happening?
Sam.

Hi Sam, you need to embed Futura in your SWF so that it's
there even on computers that don't have the font installed. Be
aware that this will increase your SWF file size.
You can do this a couple different ways. Either click the
Embed button on the Properties panel while the text field is
selected and choose which glyphs you need... or go to your Library,
in the menu choose "New Font" and choose which font, size and
appearance.
You need to do this for each variation of the font. For
instance, if you have Futura and then Futura Italic, you'll need to
embed both.

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