I made a PDF of a Finale file on my PC using CutePDF. Then I eMailed it to someone who uses a Mac. They said it looked unreadable, like hieroglyphics, *except* for the lyrics. It so happens I used Arial for the lyrics. The rest were Finale fonts. This makes me think that the problem is something like the Mac needing to have all the Finale fonts installed in order for the PDF file to work properly.
I was under the impression that a PDF file was totally self-contained and that someone who didn't have Finale could view a PDF. Does a PDF file require the fonts that are used in the original Finale file to be installed on any computer being used to view the PDF file? I was thinking of having the person download and install Finale NotePad on their Mac in order to get those fonts. Would that work? Of course the whole reason for my sending them a PDF in the first place was so that they wouldn't need to download NotePad. _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
