OpenType Font Shift Problems

With the advent of OpenType and the ability to use one font
file for both PC and Mac platforms (similar to TrueType) Flash
still causes a baseline shift when you create the FLA on one
platform and open on another with OpenType. If you create an FLA
file on the MAC and open it on the PC an OpenType font will shift
down 10px and if you create an FLA on the PC and open it on the MAC
an OpenType font will shift up 10px.
This was always the case with a font version you had for both
platforms (PC version of the font and MAC version of the same font)
but the issue was resolved when using a single TrueType font file
on both Platforms. And now with the advent of OpenType you would
assume you could do the same as you are using one font not a
platform specific version of that font.
Has anybody found a fix for using OpenType or do you just use
TrueType fonts and is Adobe working on a fix for this????
Thanks in advance

I too am having the same issue.
I'd consider this a critical issue as it renders the FLA file
basically useless on any other platform than the one it was created
on, which is not very good in design offices these days.
I hope Adobe will fix this issue ASAP.

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