crazy embedded font behavior on ios

I'm trying to embed a custom font into my project for iOS.

Everything works perfectly on my windows box but there is something very strange going on in iOS with the same code.

The fields are generated with actionscript as classic text (not tlf).

In iOS, text is being replaced at random with random characters. The number of chars stays the same but it randomizes it. Sometimes the rendering is all messed up too, individual chars get out of place, shifted and what not.

I've tried half a dozen different variations on my font nothing worked. I've tried making sure none of my letters were in extended unicode ranges (only alphabetical placement). I've tried multiple fonts.

The scrambling is consistant though. on some words the letter a is replaced with d on some screens.. on other screens the letter d is upside down.. on other screens b is replaced with r.. etc..

I am using Flash Pro 5.5 and the fonts were embedded using the gui.