Fonts Not appearing in swf file

When I compile my swf file from flash, the dynamic text
fields disappear completely.
I know this sounds like a n00b problem, but I've done dynamic
text a million times. I've never had this happen. I'm embedding the
characters from the fonts in the preferences for the text field.
I've manually written the characters I want to embed as well to try
and override the character selector in flash. I've reinstalled
flash. I've reduced the number of fonts loaded in my system. I've
changed the font to other types to see if it's an issue with the
font. I've tried to toggle display as html and selectability. None
of this makes a difference. I've also ensured that my variables are
loading properly (list variables in the debug pulldown on export)
so there should actually be something to load.
As a test, I tried to break apart my text. As with all text,
you need to break it twice to render the text as a bitmap. On the
second break, the text disappears. This should not happen either.
This tells me that flash, though it's obviously getting the
vector information for the fonts so it can display them properly,
some level of the application isn't getting the information to
render it when I either export the file or when I try to break
apart my text.
Sounds like a permissioning issue.... so I fixed permissions
on my mac. Still have the problem.
Here's a link to the file in the wild. If you want a link to
the xml file, let me know. I'm getting the data from it, so it
really shouldn't be the issue. There should be a large number in
the price area of the first order option, and all options should
have text in the burgundy rounded corner box at the bottom.
http://www.omaxtra.com/Can_Help/rheumatoid_landing.html
I'm developing on a PowerMac G5 2.0 completely patched to OS
10.4.8.
Perhaps I'm over-thinking this. Any thoughts?

I never did figure out what the problem was. I sucked it up
and exported it as a flash 7 swf. Thankfully I wasn't using
anything from flash 8 in that particular instance.
I have since embedded fonts in flash 8 files with much
success. All of it for programatically set (AS) dynamic text.
I'd be more than happy to try and help identify common
variables (perhaps typefaces used, etc) with you to figure out what
combination of things makes this bug appear. But other than that,
unless you're using specific code from flash 8 or some of the new
effects, I'd suggest rendering it in 7.
Good luck, and PLEASE do let us know if you ever get a
resolution.
Happy new year!

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> An associate suggested that sometimes Flash doesn't like
the names to be
> non-standard; in other words, it doesn't like "Heavy",
but prefers "Bold", etc.
> This seems to support the fonts not being displayed in
the Flash font menu, as
> they are AvenirLTStd-Heavy.otf,
AvenirLTStd-HeavyOblique.otf,
> AvenirLTStd-LightOblique.otf and
AvenirLTStd-Oblique.otf. The only two being
> displayed in the font menu are AvenirLTStd-Roman.otf and
AvenirLTStd-Light.otf
> ("Roman" and "Light" are pretty traditional names).
> I've tried renaming the fonts to "Bold" and "italic",
etc., but Windows still
> sees the original names. I've tried opening the fonts in
Notepad and changing
> all references (for example, all "Heavy" to "bold"), but
saving the font file
> (even if I add and remove a space) makes it unreadable
as a font (security
> issues, I think).
> One reason I think it's a naming issue, is I did try
renaming Heavy to Roman,
> and installed it, and Flash saw it as Roman, but it had
the Heavy
> characteristic. This work-around doesn't work, however,
as I need Roman, too
> (and renaming it Roman2 doesn't work).
> Is there any solution for this? I need access to all of
the Avenir font
> family, as it's for a branded project that uses Avenir
specifically.
> Oh, and last but not least, I have the fonts installed
on my Mac, and Flash 8
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