> Thanks for the info, that really helps on planning this whole 
> thing out.

Don't forget that for some languages you have additional directionality
issues - this is the Arabic family (including Persian and Urdu) and Hebrew.
Regarding fonts, the shared font method is probably doable but depends on
the complexity of your project. 

Danny
 
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Michael Mudge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: Flashcoders mailing list <[email protected]>
> Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2007 2:08:02 PM
> Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] handling non-western characters in Flash
> 
> It'll take a ton of space, but try embedding a font that 
> supports all the characters you need.  Bitstream Cyberbit is 
> a unicode TTF that has practically everything.  As far as I 
> can tell, Flash supports UTF8, which is an 8-bit unicode 
> format...  Files, variables, etc should all be in this 
> format.  Or, you can paste the non-western charaters straight 
> in to Flash and they'll work fine... You can even save files 
> this way; they'll be in the UTF-8 format.
> 
> I have all manner of oriental characters working on my chat 
> program without any extra work, except that the viewing 
> machine needs to have the right font installed.
> 
> - Kipp
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On 
> Behalf Of Donald 
> > Desloge
> > Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2007 10:48 AM
> > To: Flashcoders mailing list
> > Subject: [Flashcoders] handling non-western characters in Flash
> > 
> > 
> > I've got a client who wants to have multiple language 
> support. I was 
> > wondering if there is a preferred way, for those who have done this 
> > before, for handling non-western characters in Flash? Any advice?
> > 
> > 
> > 
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