Installed fonts not working in Flash?

Some of my fonts that work fine in AI and PSD, don't show up
in the Flash menu. I asked a friend of mine about it and he said he
had the same issue at times, but had no solution.
Is there a fix for this?
Thank you!!!

Hi,
I had the same problem with my new CS4 suite... Some of my
fonts that correctly worked with flash CS3 doesn't appear in the
font list. I can see them in Ps, AI, o inD, but nothing in flash. I
use Font Book on MacPro, Leopard (10.5.6).
Any advice ?
Thx

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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
> and CS3 both see all the fonts, no problem.
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font being a system component,
can't be easily renamed in NotePad. You will need dedicated
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Fontographer.
Anyway, Flash simply does not support some fonts and font's
families. Unlike Other tools you brought
up, Flash is vector based and not catered to handle all kind
of fonts, but specific groups only. In
fact if you deal with more applications, you will realize
that it's a common issue. CorelDraw supports
literally any font, half of which won't never shop up in
Photoshop, then these that show up in photoshop,
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use all the fonts and it won't matter
whatever you change their names. It's all about the font and
its outlines and the way it is made.
Best Regards
Urami
"Never play Leap-Frog with a Unicorn."
<urami>
If you want to mail me - DO NOT LAUGH AT MY ADDRESS
</urami>

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NetStream.send not working in Flash Player 11.2 Beta with Cirrus, Please confirm if it is a bug or feature
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