Font not consistent in movie clips

Hi,
Can't sort this out, I've got a movie clip where I've used the embedded text option (static text) it looks fine but in another MC (same .fla) I use the same Font (embedded) but it looks different !! I've checked the setting in the text properties but cannot get it to look the same.
My set up is, Flash Pro CS5 running on Win 7 64 bit.
Can someone help me out here please?
Thanks, Pete

It shouldn't matter which layer things are on. If they are separate movielcips, one should not impact another. What version of actionscript are you using? Do any of the movieclips have mouse interactive code assigned to them?

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jcbluesman,
> Question - why do I need to lock all the other layers
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simply by clicking
>>on it -- but, as often as not, your symbol might be
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http://tinyurl.com/5j55cv
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