Since Finale 2011 was just released and does not support Unicode, it would appear the earliest conceivable version of Finale that could possibly offer that support would be Finale 2012.
Cheers, - DJA ----- WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On 27 Jul 2010, at 4:18 PM, <[email protected]> <[email protected]> wrote: > > > In a message dated 7/27/2010 10:00:45 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, > [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) writes: > > That was a change for easier full staff selection when dragging staves... > > > Speaking of which (smile), can anybody here, or a MakeMusic rep monitoring > this list, let me know (privately if you prefer) when or if Finale will > make the big (and, I understand, difficult) leap to Unicode? Unless that > happens soon, we'll have to change over production for our forthcoming > college > music theory textbook, Understanding Tonal Music, to Sibelius, which > accommodates Unicode now. The TrueType versions of our ChordSymbol and > JazzSymbol > fonts afford distinct improvements over existing options in Finale, but > with the native Unicode fonts, usable only in Sibelius, the time savings are > > enormous. This will greatly disadvantage Finale, since tens of thousands of > music students a year will use Sibelius instead of Finale to complete > their nightly homework assignments. > > Ayotte Custom Musical Engravings, established by my colleague Benjamin > Ayotte with my help, will also be forced to switch over to Sibelius. We'd > both > rather stay with Finale, but Unicode entry for chord symbols using our > fonts is so hugely advantageous that we'll have little choice. > > For lead sheets, by the way, Benjamin will help me develop a handwritten > version of JazzSymbol, which I understand many jazzers want. So that will be > forthcoming sooner rather than later (probably sometime this fall), based > on scans of chord symbol calligraphy we will, most likely, commission. > JazzHand, or whatever we'll call it, will feature the same mapping as > JazzSymbol, representing a decided improvement over the existing handwritten > chord > symbol fonts. > > MakeMusic, if you're listening, we'd rather work with you than > Avid/Sibelius. If you can accommodate our fonts specifically in your > Unicode-based > chord symbol engineering, Finale will have a clear edge in ChordSymbol > entry, > even beating out your newest competitor, Noteflight, in that regard. We'd > be delighted to help; just let us know. > > Thanks much. > > Best, jrc > > Dr. John R. Clevenger, Manager > The Virtual Conservatory > 50 S. Patterson Ave., #203 > Santa Barbara, CA 93111 > Phone and fax: (805) 964-7988 (for fax, ignore answering machine) > Email: [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) > Web site: _www.virtualconservatory.com_ > (http://www.virtualconservatory.com/) > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
