I am getting a message of "invalid font file" when I try to deal with the windows Golden Age fonts. Any advice? Thanks...Jim
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). 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 <http://dfenton.com/> David Fenton Associates http://dfenton.com/DFA/ _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
I am getting a message of "invalid font file" when I try to deal with the windows Golden Age fonts. Any advice? Thanks...Jim 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). 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 <http://dfenton.com/> David Fenton Associates http://dfenton.com/DFA/ _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
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