>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
Yes: F2K didn't use FAN files. FWIW, MetTimes is a music-in-text font that includes a number of characters that ascend higher than the nominal line-depth of the font. It feels to me as if Finale is now noticing that fact and increasing the line depth to accomodate it. -- Andrew Stiller Kallisti Music Press http://www.kallistimusic.com _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
