SWF size when output from CS5 vs. CS6

Hi All,
I've hit a wall and I'm really hoping to get some help!
My company recently updated us from CS5 to CS6.  I was pretty excited to start using the new Flash IDE and, for the most part, it's been great.  However... there's one issue I can't seem to figure out.
We create lots of banners ads so we have templates built.  If I open my 300x250 template in Flash CS5 and publish it's 8243 bytes per the size report.  If I open the exact same FLA in Flash CS6 and publish it's 9873 bytes.
I've narrowed it down to miniscule differences in the shapes, but the main difference is in the fonts.  The same characters are embedded in the FLA, but the file size is bigger when exported from CS6 (~1449 bytes or 1.4kb).  Working in the advertising space we're constantly under the gun to keep our SWFs under 40kb so every little bit counts.  This is an issue for our team as that extra 1.4kb means other things have to be compressed further resulting in lower quality.
Has anyone else run into this?  I've searched and searched, but could only find a few threads that lead to no definitive answers.  Is there a new setting in CS6 that can be turned off?  Is there a new way of compressing fonts?  For the time being we're reverting back to publishing our SWFs out of CS5 which is a huge headache and affects productivity.
Any help anyone can offer would be VERY much appreciated!
Best,
Vern

M47K / kglad...
Thanks for the responses.  I double-checked and only the characters being used in the SWF are embedded, not the entire font.
Further, I did some more experimentation and while switching to LZMA compression helped, it didn't fix the issue.  Here are some stats:
Flash Pro CS6 using "Deflate"
File Size: 9967 bytes
ActionScript: 2322 bytes
Font 1: 3665 bytes
Font 2: 819 bytes
Flash Pro CS6 using LZMA - Compared to CS6 using "Deflate"
File Size: 9550 bytes (417 bytes smaller)
ActionScript: 2236 bytes (86 bytes smaller)
Font 1: 3506 bytes (159 bytes smaller)
Font 2: 783 bytes (36 bytes smaller)
Flash Pro CS5 - Compared to CS6 using "Deflate"
File Size: 8353 bytes (1614 bytes smaller)
ActionScript: 2266 bytes (56 bytes smaller)
Font 1: 2472 bytes (1193 bytes smaller)
Font 2: 556 bytes (263 bytes smaller)
Any other help or tips that people might know about would be very much appreciated.  As I mentioned in my initial post... I have to squeeze every bit of kb out of the work I do while maintaining quality images and animation so every little kb helps!
Thanks!
Vern

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