On Friday, June 21, 2002, at 01:43 PM, Andrew Stiller wrote: >>> I find that when I update files from FinMac 2K to 2K2, >>> textblocks using the font MetTimes become sprawled out >>> vertically, so that the text extends below the lower page >>> margin. What is going on here, and how can I prevent it?
>> You mean as in a carriage return after each letter, the frame >> becoming distorted (height becomes width and vice versa), >> symbol font being mapped to text font, or font has to be >> re-installed, or ??? > The frame is unaffected, and there are no font-reinstallation > issues (though I did in fact have to reinstall almost all my > fonts when I upgraded Suitcase). My best guess is that Finale > is now reading a different height to the font, so that the > distance between lines is somewhat greater than before. Setting > the line-spacing to 75% restores the original vertical > positioning of the lines of text, but text so "fixed" appears > vertically cramped compared to the original, so I assume that > both the vertical size of the letters and the line spacing have > been increased in the "sprawled" version. I emphasize that the > horizontal appearance and spacing of the text are completely > unaffected by this problem. Hmmm. I know there is are scaling factors available for fonts in the Macintosh Toolbox but I can't see why Finale would all of a sudden take to using it for 1 particular font. It just occurred to me though that maybe it's being affected (or not) by a FAN file. Any changes in that area from F2K? Philip Aker http://www.aker.ca _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
