Hi Eric, Yes, the appropriate FAN files have been moved into the right place, but there is a real bug, acknowledged by MM. I have had a message from them that the right people at MM are working on it, so I am hopeful.
Thanks, Chuck Sent from my iPhone On Oct 14, 2011, at 8:16 AM, Eric Dannewitz <ericd...@jazz-sax.com> wrote: > I haven't seen any major issues with the articulations font and 2012 > finale. Some really old files that seem to use the BDFont (maestro) > were messed up for me. > > Did you manually move all the FAN files into the Finale 2012 folders? > > Sent from my iSomething > -- > Eric Dannewitz > Musician/Polymath/Evil Genius > http://www.ericdannewitz.com/ > iMessage ericdannew...@me.com > > > On Oct 14, 2011, at 3:02 AM, Chuck Israels <cisra...@comcast.net> wrote: > >> 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > Finale@shsu.edu > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
