How do I embed multiple font outlines in dynamic text field

Can anyone tell me how I can embed multiple font outlines in
Flash MX so I can get smooth text in a dynamic
text frame? I want to use Regular, bold and italic in various
parts of the text.
I was using the Character button in the properties manager
and tried to include all Characters. That does not work.
In the Properties manager I can choose Bold and/or Italic.
But it becomes a universal setting that overrides my HTML tags in
my external txt file that I am importing. I dont want all my text
to be bold.
If I dont select them in the properties, however, Flash will
not embed the font that it needs.
Is there a different way to embed fonts other than under the
Character Tab?
I tried to import fonts to the library, but can not select
them.
Your help would really be appreciated.
Sincerely,
ggaarde

ggaarde wrote:
> Thanks Urami
> Tried your method and it does not work for me.
> I put 3 dynamic text fields in the first frame of the
movie. Set them up to
> where one is regular, one is bold and one is italic
Helvetica.
Weird, it works for me on first go, always had in fact :)
Show you an example, try to compare to your file see if you
missed anything accidentally.
http://flashfugitive.com/stuff/font/text.swf
text file
http://flashfugitive.com/stuff/font/text.txt
fla
http://flashfugitive.com/stuff/font/text.fla
Best Regards
Urami
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