I'd then better contact Apple and ask where the prefs might be stored, and also get new fonts, or just copy the ones in my MacBook.
Thank you; Christopher, Chuck, John. Cortez On 14.1.2014, at 01:11, Christopher Smith wrote: > Have you tried trashing the Finale preferences? The procedure changes > according to the OS, so you had better find out where the correct > prefs file is stored. I do not, however, suggest trashing it and then > emptying the trash the way they suggest, as this may not solve the > problem and then you have a raw prefs file to reconstruct. I prefer > to drag it to the desktop, restart Finale, and see if that solves it. > If so, then trash the file. If it didn't solve anything, then you can > replace the new prefs with your old file. > > Christopher > > > On 13-Jan-14, at 13-Jan-14 8:00 PM, Jón Kristinn Cortez wrote: > >> Thank you, Christopher, done that, no change. >> >> I sent a song that displayed incorrectly on my desktop computer >> through Dropbox and opened it in Finale 2012 in my MacBook. >> Now everything is correct; lyrics, text-boxes and even the slurs >> that are drawn into the noteheads. >> >> In MacBook I moved an expression in the song, saved, closed, >> opened, closed, put it into the DropBox, opened in desktop computer, >> and everything was wrong again. >> >> Something is wrong with Finale in my desktop computer. >> Should I reload Finale 2012 or first find the preferences and >> thrash them? >> >> >> Thank you for your help. >> Cortez >> >> >> On 13.1.2014, at 22:32, Christopher Smith wrote: >> >>> On the Finale Forum, there is a sticky on the Mac side called >>> "Font Problem on OSX". It may very well be caused by having two >>> different version of the same font name active at once. Follow the >>> directions in the sticky, and write back if the problem persists. >>> >>> Christopher >>> >>> http://forum.makemusic.com/default.aspx?f=6 >>> >>> >>> On Mon Jan 13, at MondayJan 13 5:24 PM, Jón Kristinn Cortez wrote: >>> >>>> Hello all. >>>> I use Times or Times New Roman for lyrics and text-blocks. >>>> They have been acting strangely; disappearing if I use italics or >>>> bold, >>>> or squeezing all together into a lump of letters in space of one. >>>> This does not happen with other fonts or in other applications. >>>> >>>> Are there font preferences I can thrash (where are they?) or is >>>> there >>>> some other solution to this problem? >>>> >>>> >>>> Cortez >>>> >>>> Mac OS 10.7.5 / Finale 2012 >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
