<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- http://blog.flexexamples.com/2007/12/16/embedding-fonts-for-the-flex-datefield-control/ -->
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
        layout="vertical"
        verticalAlign="top"
        backgroundColor="white" viewSourceURL="srcview/index.html">

    <mx:Style>
        @font-face {
            src: local("Comic Sans MS");
            fontFamily: "ComicEmbedded";
            fontWeight: normal;
            unicode-range: U+0030-U+0039, /* 0-9 */
                U+002F-U+002F; /* slash (/) */
        }

        @font-face {
            src: local("Comic Sans MS");
            fontFamily: "ComicEmbedded";
            fontWeight: bold;
            unicode-range:
                U+0030-U+0039, /* 0-9 */
                U+0041-U+0051, /* Uppercase A-Z */
                U+0052-U+007A; /* Lowercase a-z */
        }
    </mx:Style>

    <mx:DateField id="dateField"
            fontFamily="ComicEmbedded"
            color="red" />

</mx:Application>