Problem with drawing api and textfield

Question

I have a flash file that will be used on multiple sites and
therefore will need to be able to change it's colors based on
colors fed in through parameters. I'm trying to draw a rounded
rectangle button with some text on it. I can get everything to draw
except the text. When I debug it, the textfield variables show up
with everything set up properly so I'm not sure why it won't
display. Here's the code that creates the button and text. And it's
adding the Sprites to an movie clip on my stage called btnBG in
case you're wondering what that is.
import flash.display.Sprite;
import flash.display.GradientType;
import flash.geom.ColorTransform;
import flash.events.MouseEvent;
var btnSprite:Sprite = new Sprite(); //main button sprite
var btnOutline:Sprite = new Sprite(); //outline for button
var matrix:Matrix = new Matrix();
var btnCircleOutline:Sprite = new Sprite();
var btnCircle:Sprite = new Sprite();
var btnArrow:Sprite = new Sprite();
var btnOverlay:Sprite = new Sprite();
btnCircleOutline.graphics.beginFill(btnOutlineStartColor,
1);
btnCircleOutline.graphics.drawCircle(59,11,7);
matrix.createGradientBox(15, 15, Math.PI/2,0,0);
btnCircle.graphics.beginGradientFill(GradientType.LINEAR,
[btnEndColor, btnStartColor], [1,1], [0,255], matrix);
btnCircle.graphics.drawCircle(59,11,6);
//draw arrow shape
btnArrow.graphics.beginFill(0xcad7e9, 1);
btnArrow.graphics.moveTo(57, 7);
btnArrow.graphics.lineTo(62, 11);
btnArrow.graphics.lineTo(57, 15);
btnArrow.graphics.endFill();
//draw invisible overlay
btnOverlay.graphics.beginFill(0xffffff,0);
btnOverlay.graphics.drawRect(0,0,70,22);
btnOverlay.buttonMode = true;
btnOverlay.useHandCursor = true;
btnOverlay.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, clickHandler);
//draw button outline and gradient fill
matrix.createGradientBox(70,22,Math.PI/2,0,0);
btnOutline.graphics.beginGradientFill(GradientType.LINEAR,
[btnOutlineStartColor, btnOutlineEndColor], [1,1], [0,255],
matrix);
btnSprite.graphics.beginGradientFill(GradientType.LINEAR,
[btnStartColor, btnEndColor], [1,1], [0,255], matrix);
btnOutline.graphics.drawRoundRect(0,0,70,22,5,5);
btnSprite.graphics.drawRoundRect(1,1,68,20,3,3);
//draw buy now text on button
var btnText:TextField = new TextField();
var txtFormat:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
txtFormat.font = "Arial";
txtFormat.size = 18;
txtFormat.color = 0x000000;
btnText.setTextFormat(txtFormat);
btnText.embedFonts = true;
btnText.text = "Buy Now";
btnText.selectable = false;
btnBG.addChildAt(btnOutline, iIndexer++);
btnBG.addChildAt(btnSprite, iIndexer++);
btnBG.addChildAt(btnCircleOutline, iIndexer++);
btnBG.addChildAt(btnCircle, iIndexer++);
btnBG.addChildAt(btnArrow, iIndexer++);
btnBG.addChildAt(btnText, iIndexer++);
btnBG.addChildAt(btnOverlay, iIndexer++);

Answer 1

You can only set embedFonts to true if you are using a font
in the library. There is no need to embed the Arial font as it is
on basically all computers, also use btnText.defaultTextFormat =
txtFormat;.
txtFormat.font = "Arial";
txtFormat.size = 18;
txtFormat.color = 0x000000;
btnText.defaultTextFormat = txtFormat;
//btnText.embedFonts = true;
btnText.text = "Buy Now";
btnText.selectable = false;