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Work with substitute fonts

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

Specify font substitution

  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.

View all the missing fonts in a document and reselect substitute fonts

  1. With the document active in Flash, select Edit > Font Mapping.
  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.

View or delete font mappings

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

Turn off the Missing Fonts alert

  • To turn the alert off for the current document, in the Missing Fonts alert box select Don’t Show Again For This Document, Always Use Substitute Fonts. Select Edit > Font Mapping to view mapping information for the document again.

  • To turn the alert off for all documents, select Edit > Preferences (Windows) or Flash > Preferences (Macintosh), and click the Warnings tab. Deselect Warn On Missing Font, and click OK. Select the option again to turn alerts on.

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