Hi Steve, Yes, we are in communication.
Thanks, Chuck On Oct 15, 2011, at 5:14 PM, Fiskum, Steve wrote: > Hello Chuck, > > Did you share this info with MM? I've had issues with 2012 FAN files so this > type of info is not something I've supplied to them. > > Thanks, > Steve > ________________________________________ > From: finale-boun...@shsu.edu [finale-boun...@shsu.edu] On Behalf Of Chuck > Israels [cisra...@comcast.net] > Sent: Saturday, October 15, 2011 2:37 PM > To: finale@shsu.edu > Subject: Re: [Finale] Bill Duncan Font bug in 2012 > > Dear Jari, > > In order to explore this discrepancy, I opened Finale 2011 and looked for the > problem symbols in the FAN editor. Lo and behold, they appear in slots 213 > and 218 in 2011. How is it that they have migrated to different places when > viewed in 2012? > > I'm sorry, if there is some element of understanding that I am missing. I am > doing my best to supply all relevant information. > > Can you help? > > Thanks, > > Chuck > > > > > On Oct 15, 2011, at 2:19 AM, Jari Williamsson wrote: > >> On 2011-10-14 11:48, Chuck Israels wrote: >>> There are two essential (to me) symbols in Bill Duncan's >>> fonts for which one cannot adjust the FAN files, because the >>> symbols (the small and large slashes for rhythmic notation) are >>> in "slots" that are currently not supported in Finale 2012. >>> The symbols are in spaces 257 and 259, and the grid that >>> Finale shows where such things can be accessed in order to edit >>> them stops at #255. >> >> I'm a bit confused here. I understand the fact that the 2012 FAN editor >> doesn't support characters above 255, and that's a bug in Finale 2012 >> (since they didn't expand the editor to allow the Unicode range). >> >> But characters occupying slots 257 and 259 would NOT be possible to use >> in Finale 2011 or earlier versions at all. So you would not be able to >> see or use these characters in pre-2012 versions. Pre-2012 versions >> could only support characters within the 0-255 range. >> >> I don't have Bill Duncan's fonts so I can't test myself, but this issue >> doesn't sound logical to me. >> >> >> Best regards, >> >> Jari Williamsson >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Finale mailing list >> Finale@shsu.edu >> http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > Chuck Israels > 1310 NW Naito Parkway #807 > Portland, OR 97209-316 > > land line: (971) 255-1167 > cell phone: (360) 201-3434 > > <www.chuckisraels.com> > <www.chuckisraelsjazz.com> > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > Finale@shsu.edu > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > Finale@shsu.edu > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale Chuck Israels 1310 NW Naito Parkway #807 Portland, OR 97209-316 land line: (971) 255-1167 cell phone: (360) 201-3434 <www.chuckisraels.com> <www.chuckisraelsjazz.com> _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
