How to Substitute Missing Fonts

If you work with a document that contains fonts that aren’t installed on your system, Flash uses the fonts available on your system. You can select which fonts are substituted for the missing fonts, or you can let Flash substitute missing fonts with the Flash System Default Font.

When a font is substituted, the text is displayed on your system using the substitute font, but the missing font information is saved with the document. If the document is reopened on a system that includes the missing font, the text is displayed in that font.

When you work with a document that includes missing fonts, the missing fonts appear in the font list in the Property inspector. When you select substitute fonts, the substitute fonts names also appear, enclosed in parentheses to identify them as substitute fonts.

If you apply formatting (such as font size or kerning) to the substitute font, check the formatting when the text is displayed in the missing font, because it may not look as expected.

If you install a previously missing font on your system and restart Flash, the font is displayed in documents that use the font, and the font is removed from the Missing Fonts dialog box.

If you see an alert box indicating missing fonts in a document, you can select substitute fonts in the Font Mapping dialog box.

1. When the Missing Fonts alert appears, do one of the following:
   • Click Select Substitute Fonts to select substitute fonts from fonts installed on your system and proceed to step 2.
   • Click Use Default to use the Flash System Default Font to substitute all missing fonts and to dismiss the Missing Fonts alert. You have finished specifying font substitution.
2. In the Font Mapping dialog box, click a font in the Missing Fonts column to select it. Shift‑click to select multiple missing fonts to map them all to the same substitute font.The default substitute fonts are displayed in the Mapped To column, until you select substitute fonts.
3. Select a font from the Substitute Font pop‑up menu.
4. Repeat steps 2 through 3 for all missing fonts.

1. With the document active in Flash, select Edit > Font Mapping (Windows) or Flash > Font Mapping (Macintosh).
2. Click a font in the Missing Fonts column to select it. Shift‑click to select multiple missing fonts to map them all to the same substitute font.The default substitute fonts are displayed in the Mapped To column, until you select substitute fonts.
3. Select a font from the Substitute Font pop‑up menu.
4. Repeat steps 2 through 3 for all missing fonts.

1. Close all documents in Flash.
2. Select Edit > Font Mapping.
3. To delete a font mapping, select the mapping and press Delete.