Using a custom font: Not appearing in Adobe

I am using a custom font for a project at work. The font has been installed on my machine and works great in other programs (Microsoft Word and Open Office, for example). The font is not displaying on the font list in Flash or Photoshop, however. How can I make the font appear?

benkay wrote:
You are correct. That's an incredibly annoying "feature" of the Java 1.4 spec.No, it's not. It's incredibly annoying how many people think this.
Edit: It's takes an additional 30 seconds to give something a package and that's an incredibly small price to pay for doing something right.

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I don't know if your on a Mac or a PC.
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I assume by PostScript fonts you really mean Type 1 fonts. (TrueType and OpenType fonts are every bit as much "PostScript fonts" as Type 1 fonts are!)
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In my web application, I have a crystal report developed in CR11 R2 SP3. The report uses custom font and it works fine when shown in report viewer.
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http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/utilities/regmon.mspx
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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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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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