rats. as expected, the same happens with
Text:

(issue updated @ github)
ACK! just noticed that it also kills my background sprite using:
+ Code SnippetBGSpr = LoadSprite("\media\platformer-pixel-art-tileset\Background\Background.png" )
SetSpriteSize(BGSpr,1280,720)
SetSpriteDepth(BGSpr,10000)
no bueno...
also learned that
HTML is case sensitive re: file names. i knew it was on android but never saw it on HTML.
today's been interesting thus far...