[FLEX-20291] [Player] Some device fonts do not work in Flex

• Type: Bug
• Status: Open
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: Adobe Flex SDK 3.1 (Release)
• Component/s: mx: Label
• Environment: Affected OS(s): Windows; Affected OS(s): Windows; Browser: Internet Explorer 7.x; Language Found: English
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Adobe JIRA
• Created: 21/Jul/09 20:40
• Updated: 09/Dec/10 13:12

Description

Steps to reproduce:
Some device fonts, like "Wingdings", "黑体"(a widely used font in Simplified Chinese) do not work in Flex.
1. Create a blank Flex application using Flex 3
2. Add two label components:
<mx:Label x="89" y="102" text="Font Wingdings" fontFamily="Wingdings"/>
<mx:Label x="89" y="132" text="黑体" fontFamily="黑体"/>
3. Save and run this application.
4. Notice the label text is not shown in "Wingdings" and "黑体" font.

Note:
1. These fonts are installed on my machine, since "Font.enumerateFonts(true)" can return them.
2. In attached images, you can see, Flex Builder doesn't show these font as Excel does.

Actual Results:

Label text is not shown in desired font.

Expected Results:
Label text should be shown in desired font.
If this is a limitation, please document this.

Workaround (if any):
No Workaround.