mx unicode mac vs pc

[JohnJohnston]

I have been trying to use unicode in flash mx and have found there is a difference in mac and pc display.

as a test I used:
test ="\u1200\u1320\u1201\u1232 **** -_-_| AaBb";

On a pc with the right font (code2000 for example) it displays unicode chars and the rest of the stuff fine.
On a mac the unicode shows up, (even without setting the font _sans works) but the unicode text seems to be shifted down and the - and _ chars are vertically aligned, the other characters are moved down so that the top is aligned with the - and _ chars.
The unicode displays ok in textEdit on the mac.
As my explaination is probably not to clear I've put a page with this simple swf and mac and win screenshots here.
<http://www.jhj.dircon.co.uk/unicodemacpc.html>
This has lead to problems when I use a auto size textfield to display the text on the mac you only see the top of unicode characters. There is a wee screenshot of that and the code I used at the bottom of the page noted above.
All the mac stuff is OS X.
Any hint and pointers appreciated.

[me2222]

Code2000 is not a standard, preinstalled MAC OS Font.

Trying your code i get an output with the first four displayed as the "ETHIOPIC 1200 13FF" sign, the other chars are aligned correct ly, looking similar to your Mac Text Edit screenshot.

[JohnJohnston]

Thanks for checking this out, I was using Code2000 because it has a wide range of chars.
this show an attempt with some other fonts and no set font. the -_ chars are better aligned but the Ethiopic ones sit too far down and the bottoms are missing.
Again any ideas please.

[me2222]

You must have installed a special font on the Mac that has the Ethiopic symbols.
Lucida Sans Unicode does not have them. You can check that in the Character palette of OSX.

I think the misalignment is caused by that font.

[JohnJohnston]

Thanks your right, it was the Code2000 font. I found Ethiopia Jiret and it seems to work fine. It was the fact that Code2000 works fine in TextEdit that threw me.
I also noticed that Code2000 takes over any unicode if I don't set the text font or as you pointed out I set it to a font that doesn't have Ethiopic chars.

BTW when I test the same swf on Win XP it just shows a set of wee squares, unless I set the font to Code2000. I looks like flash or os X looks for a font on the system with the unicode chars, but xp doesn't, but I may not have set the win machine up right.

Thanks
John

[JohnJohnston]

Another problem I have is my Character palette in OSX isn't working, it appears briefly then vanishes, only to pop up for a second when I don't expect it!