I only tested fi, because that was the ligature that appeared in
Dennis' example.
I used the default lyric font from Finale's Maestro Default File, which
is Times 12 plain.
I went back to check other ligatures, and apparently fi and fl are the
only ones substituted. Ae and oe are not, though I can type opt-' and
opt-q to force those last two, as expected. Typing op-sh-5 for fi
forces that one, and opt-sh-6 forces fl. All forced ligatures are
preserved when exporting as EPS, whereas the fl and fi that are
automatically substituted by Finale get stripped. Times does not appear
to have ligatures for ff, ffl, nor ffi, so I didn't check them.
I should mention that if you use the OSX's Print To PDF function, then
it shows up exactly as in the Finale file. It is only Export EPS that
strips the automatic ligatures.
I don't know what the Windows keystrokes are for those ligatures.
Probably some alt-numbers.
So it would appear that you CANNOT prevent Finale from automatically
substituting fi and fl ligatures in lyrics using fonts that contain
them, and they get removed when exporting to EPS. However, you CAN
force them to appear in EPS files by substituting the appropriate
keystroke.
Christopher
On Mar 16, 2006, at 4:20 AM, dc wrote:
Christopher Smith écrit:
I can confirm the behaviour, FinMac2006c, OSX 10.3.9. I saved an EPS
which I then converted to PDF with Preview.
Ligatures are automatically added in the Finale file, no way that I
can find to remove them, then they are stripped once the EPS is
converted to PDF, with no way to force their inclusion that I can
find.
Which are the ligatures added, besides fi?
And what fonts are concerned? Some fonts don't even have ligatures.
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