I was just struggling with the same OTF issue this week. I¹m using several really useful DVM fonts (Metronome, MetTimes, and a couple more Met- fonts) that I had installed as OTFs. Finale was good with some of the fonts, but others were described in italics as ³missing² or simply didn¹t appear in the fonts list. One suggestion from DVM, which worked, was to remove the OTF fonts, clear the fonts cache, re-start the machine, and install Truetype fonts. This gave me my fonts back, but didn¹t solve the problem with the OTF fonts. It¹s possible that if you clear the fonts cache, you might be able to re-install the OTF fonts and have them work. For me, some of the OTF fonts appeared to work normally for a bit in Finale and MSWord, and then stopped working in both, while other fonts continued to function normally. So, there might be some process that messes some fonts up, that a re-install might fix. I haven¹t yet tried re-installing the OTF fonts, so I don¹t know if it will work at all, or provide only a temporary fix,or function in the longer term.
With regard to the text tool and fonts list within it, it would be great if Finale might finally use command-T to show the Mac Fonts tool and allow us to use fonts that we have organized into useful groups, as in so many other Mac apps. Having to scroll down the entire list of fonts to get to something that begins with ³S" is a real painŠ Geoff On 2015-01-23, 11:00 AM, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: >Send Finale mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > >To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > >You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > >When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >than "Re: Contents of Finale digest..." > > >Today's Topics: > > 1. OTF not working in F2014 on yosemite (SN jef chippewa) > 2. Ideas for drum set notation - multimeasure rests (Craig Parmerlee) > 3. Re: Ideas for drum set notation - multimeasure rests > (Robert Patterson) > 4. Re: Ideas for drum set notation - multimeasure rests > (SN jef chippewa) > 5. Re: Ideas for drum set notation - multimeasure rests > (Chuck Israels) > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Message: 1 >Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2015 02:09:03 +0100 >From: SN jef chippewa <[email protected]> >Subject: [Finale] OTF not working in F2014 on yosemite >To: <[email protected]> >Message-ID: <p06240825d0e74d36868d@[192.168.1.29]> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed > > >trying to sort out a problem with custom fonts that seems to be a >known problem in yosemite when using open type fonts. some users >encounter it in some applications, some don't. > >the fonts work fine on yosemite in MS Word but not in finale. work >fine on earlier systems and on PC. > >anyone familiar with this and have any solutions? here is the geeky >stuff: >- fonts are indeed 1000 UPM (otherwise *sometimes* causes problems) >- defined as family (neueweise, with 3 "styles" that are my custom fonts) >- problem encountered only on yosemite (OS X.10) > >thanks! >jef > >-- > >NEW!!! neueweise -- fonts for new music and traditional notation > >shirling & neueweise | http://newmusicnotation.com >new music notation + translation + arts management >[FB] http://facebook.com/neueweise | [TW] http://twitter.com/neueweise > > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 2 >Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2015 10:06:13 -0500 >From: Craig Parmerlee <[email protected]> >Subject: [Finale] Ideas for drum set notation - multimeasure rests >To: Finale News List <[email protected]> >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; format=flowed > >In most of the big band charts I write, for the drummer I write a >measure or two with the suggest beat pattern, then turn the rest of the >measures into staff style Z so they will appear as a multi-measure rest >up to the next double bar. If there are any important punches, I will >typically show those measures with slash notation and write the horn >rhythms in notes above the staff, letting the drummer figure out how >best to play that. If there is an exact part I need played, I will show >those measures. For example, there may be a particular tom-tom riff or >there may be a place where drums hit on 1 and then drop out. I show all >those measures explicitly. > >But my question is about the sections where the drummer is just carrying >along. I show those as multi-measure rests and put the indication >"(Continue)" above the MM rest. This gives a really clean, compact part >and allows the drummer to play more artistically instead of trying to >read a very cluttered chart. But there is an ambiguity with the MM >rests. I am using the same look whether the drummer is continuing to >play a pattern or whether the drums are out for a section. My >"(Continue)" marking attempts to clarify that, but I wonder how others >deal with this. > >I think what I'd really like is two different visual styles of MM rest >-- one for playing and one for resting. > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 3 >Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2015 09:11:15 -0600 >From: Robert Patterson <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [Finale] Ideas for drum set notation - multimeasure rests >To: finale <[email protected]> >Message-ID: > <CAACnces93jQAQdsZJm7LuJDgJ7TOgB=3adkspk5cqakmhoh...@mail.gmail.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > >This may be a pain, but what I might do is (after creating the >multimeasure >rest), enter a note orrest in the first bar of it. (It can be a hidden.) >That causes the multimeas rest to disappear and you can then make it look >however you like. I do this for TACET passages where I don't want to show >the number of bars rest. > >On Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 9:06 AM, Craig Parmerlee <[email protected]> >wrote: > >> In most of the big band charts I write, for the drummer I write a >> measure or two with the suggest beat pattern, then turn the rest of the >> measures into staff style Z so they will appear as a multi-measure rest >> up to the next double bar. If there are any important punches, I will >> typically show those measures with slash notation and write the horn >> rhythms in notes above the staff, letting the drummer figure out how >> best to play that. If there is an exact part I need played, I will show >> those measures. For example, there may be a particular tom-tom riff or >> there may be a place where drums hit on 1 and then drop out. I show all >> those measures explicitly. >> >> But my question is about the sections where the drummer is just carrying >> along. I show those as multi-measure rests and put the indication >> "(Continue)" above the MM rest. This gives a really clean, compact part >> and allows the drummer to play more artistically instead of trying to >> read a very cluttered chart. But there is an ambiguity with the MM >> rests. I am using the same look whether the drummer is continuing to >> play a pattern or whether the drums are out for a section. My >> "(Continue)" marking attempts to clarify that, but I wonder how others >> deal with this. >> >> I think what I'd really like is two different visual styles of MM rest >> -- one for playing and one for resting. >> _______________________________________________ >> Finale mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >> >> To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: >> [email protected] >> > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 4 >Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2015 16:14:47 +0100 >From: SN jef chippewa <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [Finale] Ideas for drum set notation - multimeasure rests >To: <[email protected]> >Message-ID: <p0624082fd0e815478408@[192.168.1.29]> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed > > >simplest solution: since it isn't a rest, don't use MM rests :-) -- >that would effectively distinguish it from a MM rest. > >8 measures per system (for ex.) with no text indications or whatever >doesn't clutter the part. and if the band needs to start from a >particular measure in such a passage, everyone who needs to play has >it as a real measure. > >just sayin'. > >-- > >NEW!!! neueweise -- fonts for new music and traditional notation > >shirling & neueweise | http://newmusicnotation.com >new music notation + translation + arts management >[FB] http://facebook.com/neueweise | [TW] http://twitter.com/neueweise > > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 5 >Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2015 07:42:08 -0800 >From: Chuck Israels <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [Finale] Ideas for drum set notation - multimeasure rests >To: <[email protected]> >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >This is my method too, for the reasons jef suggests. > >Chuck > > >> On Jan 23, 2015, at 7:14 AM, SN jef chippewa >><[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> simplest solution: since it isn't a rest, don't use MM rests :-) -- >> that would effectively distinguish it from a MM rest. >> >> 8 measures per system (for ex.) with no text indications or whatever >> doesn't clutter the part. and if the band needs to start from a >> particular measure in such a passage, everyone who needs to play has >> it as a real measure. >> >> just sayin'. >> >> -- >> >> NEW!!! neueweise -- fonts for new music and traditional notation >> >> shirling & neueweise | http://newmusicnotation.com >> new music notation + translation + arts management >> [FB] http://facebook.com/neueweise | [TW] http://twitter.com/neueweise >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Finale mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >> >> To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: >> [email protected] > > > > >------------------------------ > >_______________________________________________ >Finale mailing list >[email protected] >https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > >To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: >[email protected] > >End of Finale Digest, Vol 138, Issue 21 >*************************************** _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: [email protected]
