There are two essential (to me) symbols in Bill Duncan's fonts for which one cannot adjust the FAN files, because the symbols (the small and large slashes for rhythmic notation) are in "slots" that are currently not supported in Finale 2012. The symbols are in spaces 257 and 259, and the grid that Finale shows where such things can be accessed in order to edit them stops at #255.
( I don't know if this is platform related, but I am on a Mac and OS 10.7.2.) I am insufficiently computer savvy to know if there is a way around this, short of moving misplaced ties, articulations, and expressions into place manually, thereby guaranteeing that they will be misplaced again when the FAN files are repaired. Does anyone have a practical workaround for this? MM says they are exploring the problem, but meanwhile - go back to v.2011. I can wait a little, but MM does not yet suggest a timeline for the repair, nor do they seem to guarantee that they will address it. Perhaps they are actually working on it. In any case, I am forced into being a paying beta tester, and I had volunteered to be a real one earlier, only to find that I am ill suited to the task. I wonder if any of the real beta testers ran into this issue. Darcy? Were you one? Another (perhaps harebrained) idea: might it be possible for Nick Carter, the owner/distributor of the Bill Duncan material, to move the symbols into earlier empty positions in the grid in which they appear, so that Finale could access them? I apologize, if this is an ignorant thought. I am responding to what I see on screen and have only the most rudimentary idea of what that might mean in terms of computer code. Thanks, Chuck Chuck Israels 1310 NW Naito Parkway #807 Portland, OR 97209-316 land line: (971) 255-1167 cell phone: (360) 201-3434 <www.chuckisraels.com> <www.chuckisraelsjazz.com> _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
