Re: [Finale] Missing Fonts
Many thanks to my knowledgable colleagues on this list for promptly offering suggestions as to how to fix a font problem in Finale. Thanks for sharing! Larry Eden > On Sep 12, 2018, at 8:46 AM, S Jones wrote: > > The Mac version used to show missing fonts as italicized and grayed out of > it was used by finale but no longer available on the machine. How you get > to see this is by editing the font of one of the missing items and see what > font it takes you to. > > Scott > > On Wed, Sep 12, 2018 at 7:51 AM Lawrence David Eden > wrote: > >> Dear Listers, >> >> Finale 25 Mac >> >> I recently asked about having missing fonts in a few of my arrangements >> that were created with an earlier version of Finale. The missing fonts >> cause some of my text blocks to appear as squares with question marks in >> the center. >> >> How do I fix this issue, given that I don’t know which font is missing? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Larry Eden >> ___ >> Finale mailing list >> Finale@shsu.edu >> https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >> >> To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: >> finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu > > -- > Sent from Gmail Mobile > ___ > Finale mailing list > Finale@shsu.edu > https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: > finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu
Re: [Finale] Missing Fonts
The Mac version used to show missing fonts as italicized and grayed out of it was used by finale but no longer available on the machine. How you get to see this is by editing the font of one of the missing items and see what font it takes you to. Scott On Wed, Sep 12, 2018 at 7:51 AM Lawrence David Eden wrote: > Dear Listers, > > Finale 25 Mac > > I recently asked about having missing fonts in a few of my arrangements > that were created with an earlier version of Finale. The missing fonts > cause some of my text blocks to appear as squares with question marks in > the center. > > How do I fix this issue, given that I don’t know which font is missing? > > Thanks, > > Larry Eden > ___ > Finale mailing list > Finale@shsu.edu > https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: > finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu -- Sent from Gmail Mobile ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu
Re: [Finale] Missing Fonts
I'm not a Mac user, but one thought that comes to mind is to highlight that box and then in the text menu change the font to one that you know that you have. I don't know whether that will fix the problem but it's what I would try first. The next thing would be to run a data check -- under the Data Check submenu on Windows and hopefully on Macs is a "Font Utilities" function which allows you to do several things which might at least let you see the text and change it to a font you like, even if not the original font. One last word of advice to users of both Macs and Windows: When you decide to upgrade to a new machine, as long as the old computer is still working, copy the Fonts folder to an external drive. Then when your new machine is set up, re-install all those fonts. I've got fonts still on my system from a long time ago that I would have no idea where to find the original files, but by copying the Fonts folder and then reinstalling them on each new machine, I still have them available for just such situations. If the motherboard of the older machine is fried, you can probably remove the hard drive that held the Fonts folder and put that in an external housing and copy the Fonts folder from that onto the new machine and then reinstall them from there. David H. Bailey On 9/12/2018 7:50 AM, Lawrence David Eden wrote: Dear Listers, Finale 25 Mac I recently asked about having missing fonts in a few of my arrangements that were created with an earlier version of Finale. The missing fonts cause some of my text blocks to appear as squares with question marks in the center. How do I fix this issue, given that I don’t know which font is missing? Thanks, Larry Eden ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu -- * David H. Bailey dhbaile...@comcast.net http://www.davidbaileymusicstudio.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu
Re: [Finale] Missing Fonts
You can run the Font Utilities command (Check document fonts against system fonts, or something like that) and get each one by name. Christopher > On Sep 12, 2018, at 7:50 AM, Lawrence David Eden wrote: > > Dear Listers, > > Finale 25 Mac > > I recently asked about having missing fonts in a few of my arrangements that > were created with an earlier version of Finale. The missing fonts cause some > of my text blocks to appear as squares with question marks in the center. > > How do I fix this issue, given that I don’t know which font is missing? > > Thanks, > > Larry Eden > ___ > Finale mailing list > Finale@shsu.edu > https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: > finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu
[Finale] Missing Fonts
Dear Listers, Finale 25 Mac I recently asked about having missing fonts in a few of my arrangements that were created with an earlier version of Finale. The missing fonts cause some of my text blocks to appear as squares with question marks in the center. How do I fix this issue, given that I don’t know which font is missing? Thanks, Larry Eden ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu
