On 1 Aug 2006 at 7:14, Mark Blumberg wrote: [quoting Don Rice:] > Windows fonts are iffy. If I recall correctly I did update the Title > font last year for a job (used to be GoldenAge WP) but the other Win > fonts will prob need tweaking before using in the current Windows > Operating system
Um, Windows has made no changes to TrueType specifications. Or, it has *added* support for OpenType and Unicode, but older TT fonts still work just fine. I have TT fonts form 1991 that still work perfectly (though they aren't as easy to use with the CharMap utility). I don't know what the issues would be with Postscript, as Windows provides no built-in support for PS fonts at all -- that's all printer-dependent. And the other issue is the changes made to Finale (character positions were remapped at some point), but those would not prevent using a font with the old positions -- it would just mean you have to adjust your character mapping. So, I just don't see any credibility to his claims about Windows fonts. I don't know what the issues are on Mac, but I, like David Bailey, think it's terrible that Apple doesn't provide backward compatibility for fonts. It's the kind of "gotcha" that keeps people like me who have always respected Mac OS's and envied Mac users from seriously contemplating a switch. -- David W. Fenton http://dfenton.com David Fenton Associates http://dfenton.com/DFA/ _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
