ActionScript 3.0 :: Font-family Setting For Embedded And Devicefonts

I'm trying to set a text field to arial, helvetica, sans AFTER I disable embedded fonts, but I'm having trouble with the CSS. This is what works for embedded fonts when I'm using English text:

Code:
.specialtext{
font-family:"MetaPlusBold" ;
font-weight:bold;
font-style:italic;
}

But then if I switch languages and therefore have the embed fonts = false I get a serif font. That's not surprising, because I can't use anything else in there... adding other font families doesn't help and "breaks" the embedded version:

Code:
font-family:"MetaPlusBold" , Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;

btw, I have to use weight and style so it looks right when using device fonts. I guess I really need a way to set everything to "_sans" but not on the actual text fields themselves. That didn't work for me, because this doesn't help:

Code:
body {
font-family:"MetaPlusBold-Roman" ;
}

I have to set my text fields to the embedded font. They're dynamic but already on the stage so I can animate them easily.