actionscript 3 - Alternative to embedding a font in as3

Question

I have quite a basic question to ensure I am not missing something obvious!

Does anyone know of an alternative to embedding fonts? I am developing a global app which will change the font for Asian languages. If these fonts are embedded it will result in a massive SWF file, I would like to get the font, when it goes on the Asian system from the windows/fonts folder.

Cheers

Answer 1

I have had success with using system fonts such as Arial or simply _sans for languages that have special characters. Just make sure to set embedFonts to false.