As shown below, bind the htmlText property of a RichTextEditor to a variable, and update the variable when a change event occurs.
If you set the font size to 48, for example, and start typing, only the first character appears in 48-point.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="
http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
layout="horizontal" viewSourceURL="srcview/index.html">
<mx:Script>
<![CDATA[
[Bindable]
public var contents:String = "";
private function handleChange(event:Event): void {
contents = editor.htmlText;
}
]]>
</mx:Script>
<mx:RichTextEditor id="editor" htmlText="{contents}" change="handleChange(event)"/>
</mx:Application>