I've made contact with somebody of the Director support team and it seems that even in Director MX Unicode fonts/text will not be supported. In this matter i have chosen to make the entire application in Flash MX, which supports the unicode standard and also handles XML files quite well.
I searched the list archives for alternatives in director. I have found a lot but nothing sathisfying. I am sure it is possible somehow.... meanwhile: thanks to everybody who replied to my question. erik verschueren analyst-developer Alligence Modern Media Architects Schaliënhoevedreef 20 E 2800 Mechelen B-Belgium +32 15 40 50 60 http://www.alligence.com [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]