Thanks Eric, that fixed it. The problem is indeed with the fact that the new OpenType fonts have different names than the old PS and TT fonts. None of the .mus files that come with the Productivity 5.0 package (and thus their chord libraries) have been updated with the new font names. Once I replaced the old names everything worked. Thanks.
John On Sat, Oct 30, 2010 at 10:53 PM, Eric Dannewitz <[email protected]> wrote: > Huh, that is not what the fonts used to be named. And they were not otf > > Yes, Bill dropped the BD Notes because it was basically Maestro with a few > things added which were now in other fonts he was making, like Articulations. > And I think there was the grey area of it being pretty much Maestro if it was > really legal for him to get "selling" it..... > > Anyhow, sounds like the person who owns the Fonts didn't update any of the > Finale files? > > Changing the chords is easy enough. You need to go into Document Options, > Fonts and Chord Symbol and change them to whatever you want. I use ChordSym > 16. For updating the library, create a default document, go to the chord > suffix selection box, clear out all the stuff in there, then load Bill's > chord library, go back to the chord suffix selection box, and edit one of > them. It should be in the right font, and if not, then write down what it is, > like Arial 14 or something, then go to Document, Data Check, Font Utility and > replace the Arial (or whatever) font to Bill's font. And repeat until > everything looks good, then save that library. > > On a side note, I always had problems have TWO versions of Bill's fonts > loaded at the same time, like the Postscript and Truetype. They would display > funny or not print correctly. I think I dumped all the Postscript fonts and > just went with TrueType.....though that doesn't sound like your problem...... > > > On Oct 30, 2010, at 4:53 PM, JRB wrote: > >> Download FontExplorer (free version) and use it to clear the font cache. I >> suspect that will fix your problem. >> >> JB >> Sent from my iPhone using my thumbs w/out a spellchecker >> >> On Oct 30, 2010, at 6:00 PM, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi everyone, >>> >>> I recently purchased Finale Productivity 5.0 from NPC Imaging, and I >>> have a few questions for the group. I use FinMac2011, OSX 10.5.8 on a >>> MacBook Pro. >>> >>> I wanted to get the Bill Duncan fonts and chord library because they >>> look so nice, but I’m having some problems getting them to work. My >>> problem is with chord symbols. I loaded the Bill Duncan chord library >>> and all the chords now show up fine in the Chord Definition dialog >>> box, and they look great onscreen. But the chord suffix and >>> alterations do not print, preview or show up in PDF files (the chord >>> symbol itself, does print, preview and pdf). The chord fonts in >>> Document Options are set correctly for the Bill Duncan fonts. Nick >>> Carter offers a money-back guarantee, but I'm not ready to give up >>> yet. >>> >>> Fonts installed in: Macintosh HD/Library/Fonts/ >>> Fonts are named as I got them from npc: FPChordSuffix.otf, >>> FPChordSymbol.otf and FPChordSymbolSubtext.otf >>> >>> .fan files are here: /user/Library/Application Support/Make >>> Music/Finale 2011/Font Annotation/ >>> >>> Here's a clue. If I create a chord symbol in MSWord (doesn't >>> everyone?), and format with the Bill Duncan fonts, they view, print, >>> preview and pdf just fine. >>> >>> Another clue. In order to load the chord symbol library, I opened a >>> file called ChordSym-Suf.mus (as directed) containing the BD chord >>> library, and saved the chords library. I loaded it into my Finale >>> document, and all chords show up fine in the Chord Definition dialog. >>> However, in the ChordSym-Suf.mus file the default music font BD Notes >>> no longer exists in FP5.0. Changing it to Maestro breaks the chord >>> symbols. >>> >>> The latest version of Finale Productivity 5.0 has OpenType fonts now, >>> but they're named differently than the older versions (both PS and >>> TT). Also included are many templates created in Fin2003 and Fin2004, >>> which don't work in Fin2011. It seems that the Bill Duncan fonts, or >>> most of them, have been updated to OpenType, but nothing else in FP5.0 >>> has been updated since Fin2003/2004. >>> >>> Hoping somebody else has installed this in later versions of Finale >>> and can help this still-novice user out! BTW, thanks to everyone to >>> weighed in on the large format printer thread. >>> >>> John >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Finale mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Finale mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > NOT Sent from my iSomething > > > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
