Small u-tilde not showing in textField

Question

Hi all,
I have a problem with the u-tilde not showing in a textfield.
I need to display all sorts of chars with different accents,
and they
all show, except for u-tilde.
I suppose it is not a widely used char since it isn't even
listed in
HTML latin 1 entity lists (like:
http://w3schools.com/tags/ref_entities.asp)
but, well, some people need
it...
Test below show it's really an oddball since all other chars
with a
tilde show.
Weird thing is: removing the TextFormat (or just the line
with
embedfonts) all together shows all three instances of the
u-tilde.
Anyone have a clue as to how to get it to show?
(actual used code is with loading an UTF-8 encoded XML file.
No show
either.)
thanks in advance,
Manno
AS2 code as example
fontsymbol with linkageID "my_palentino" is in library
var tf:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
tf.font = "my_palentino";
tf.size = 28;
var t:TextField = this.createTextField( "test_txt", 1, 0, 0,
500, 100 );
t.embedFonts = true;
t.html = true;
t.htmlText = "<p>abc - &#361;Å© -
&#227;&#241; - \u0169</p>";
t.setTextFormat( tf );
Manno Bult
http://www.aloft.nl

Answer 1

Hi all,
Not to bumb the thread (well maybe...) but could anybody say
something
conclusive about the following:
* Is it true that fontsymbols do only include basic latin as
stated
here:
http://tekkie.flashbit.net/flash/embedding-fonts-in-flash-cs3
* Is it true the u-tilde char is not a part of basic latin?
(i think I
can guess this...)
It seems a solution to my problem is:
- creating a textfield for each style (bold, italic etc.) to
use
- embed fonts through the properties panel for each field
- use css to do text formatting
It requires 'some' changes to the file though :(
thanks in advance,
Manno
Manno Bult wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I have a problem with the u-tilde not showing in a
textfield.
>
> I need to display all sorts of chars with different
accents, and they
> all show, except for u-tilde.
>
> I suppose it is not a widely used char since it isn't
even listed in
> HTML latin 1 entity lists (like:
>
http://w3schools.com/tags/ref_entities.asp)
but, well, some people need
> it...
>
> Test below show it's really an oddball since all other
chars with a
> tilde show.
> Weird thing is: removing the TextFormat (or just the
line with
> embedfonts) all together shows all three instances of
the u-tilde.
>
> Anyone have a clue as to how to get it to show?
>
> (actual used code is with loading an UTF-8 encoded XML
file. No show
> either.)
>
> thanks in advance,
> Manno
>
> /*
> AS2 code as example
> fontsymbol with linkageID "my_palentino" is in library
> */
> var tf:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
> tf.font = "my_palentino";
> tf.size = 28;
>
> var t:TextField = this.createTextField( "test_txt", 1,
0, 0, 500, 100 );
> t.embedFonts = true;
> t.html = true;
> t.htmlText = "<p>abc - &#361;Å© -
&#227;&#241; - \u0169</p>";
> t.setTextFormat( tf );
>
>
Manno Bult
http://www.aloft.nl