Re: [Finale] Double flats

2004-12-19 Thread A-NO-NE Music
d. collins / 04.12.19 / 8:06AM wrote: Well, I'm also a performer, and I find an F double sharp easier to read than a G natural if I'm in G sharp major or minor. When I saw the original post, I was under the impression it was not like that. Say an approach note to D being E flat key in D by the

[Finale] Vertical text

2004-12-19 Thread Owain Sutton
Is there any way to create vertical text (ie running bottom-to-top)? I'm wanting it for a 'completion date' after a final barline. ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Vertical text

2004-12-19 Thread Richard Yates
Is there any way to create vertical text (ie running bottom-to-top)? I'm wanting it for a 'completion date' after a final barline. Yes, use the Custom Line Tool. Set line thickness to 0. Put text in the 'Center Full' option. Select and Ctrl-click in the score. Drag to tilt. Richard Yates

Re: [Finale] Double flats

2004-12-19 Thread John Howell
At 7:49 AM -0500 12/19/04, dhbailey wrote: d. collins wrote: Crystal Premo écrit: I have a client who has had me transpose The Music That Makes Me Dance up a half step, and now wants to see all of the double flats eliminated. I can understand this, but is there an easy way to achieve this?

[Finale] Re: FONT not working in 2005a

2004-12-19 Thread Kim Richmond
At the risk of seeming too persistent, I'm going to re-post this question, since I didn't receive any answers or response. Can you guys help me out here? = Here's another update phenomenon. Maybe one of you font guys can solve this one. In my last few months of Finale files, I have

Re: [Finale] Double flats

2004-12-19 Thread Crystal Premo
This has always been my objection, but some people think they know more than everyone else. The original key is B. Crystal Premo [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: d. collins [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Finale] Double flats Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2004

Re: [Finale] Double flats

2004-12-19 Thread Crystal Premo
And this is why I am not arguing with the client. Someone who takes this music to an audition (not a good audition piece in my opinion, but in this context I am not being asked), the pianist may not be up to snuff, and double flats will cause stumbling. So why not just change the double flats

Re: [Finale] Double flats

2004-12-19 Thread Crystal Premo
I intend to supply the client with the song in C, with all the double flats, and with the double flats changed. In this way, she will have the best of both worlds. People who ask me for transpositions are very frequently not the most skilled singers and are participating in musical theatre on

Re: [Finale] Double flats

2004-12-19 Thread Christopher Smith
I don't know the piece, but if the original key was B, then there are probably many places where the original engraver cheated to spell things with flats and naturals rather than double sharps, like if the piece happens to go to D# major he might have spelled things as Eb instead. This means

Fwd: [Finale] Double flats

2004-12-19 Thread Don Hart
Hey all, I sent this reply last night and I received it through the list. Did any one else get it? Don Begin forwarded message: From: Don Hart [EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: December 18, 2004 9:06:54 PM CST To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Finale] Double flats Crystal, I've never had to do

RE: [Finale] Double flats

2004-12-19 Thread Mike Cholewa
You may also try TGTools Music Respell Notes as the Mass Edit Tool function will remove any articulation or text applied to the music. Mike -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Christopher Smith Sent: Sunday, December 19, 2004 9:05 PM

Re: [Finale] Double flats

2004-12-19 Thread Darcy James Argue
Uh, what? No it doesn't! I use Mass Edit - Respell Notes all the time and I've never seen the behavior you describe. - Darcy - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brooklyn, NY On 19 Dec 2004, at 03:21 PM, Mike Cholewa wrote: You may also try TGTools Music Respell Notes as the Mass Edit Tool function will

RE: [Finale] Double flats

2004-12-19 Thread Mike Cholewa
Sorry my bad. I was thinking of MassEdit Retranscribe. You're right. Mike -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Darcy James Argue Sent: Sunday, December 19, 2004 9:26 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Finale] Double flats Uh,

Re: [Finale] Vertical text

2004-12-19 Thread Owain Sutton
Brilliant! Thanks. Richard Yates wrote: Is there any way to create vertical text (ie running bottom-to-top)? I'm wanting it for a 'completion date' after a final barline. Yes, use the Custom Line Tool. Set line thickness to 0. Put text in the 'Center Full' option. Select and Ctrl-click in the

Re: [Finale] Vertical text

2004-12-19 Thread Richard Yates
Richard Yates écrit: Yes, use the Custom Line Tool. Set line thickness to 0. Put text in the 'Center Full' option. Select and Ctrl-click in the score. Drag to tilt. Hey, this is brilliant! I had no idea one could put text instead of the line. Thanks, Richard. And thanks to Owain for asking!

Re: [Finale] Double flats

2004-12-19 Thread Crystal Premo
Probably not. It looked like a lot late at night, especially after I had added all the articulations. Crystal Premo [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: d. collins [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Finale] Double flats Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2004 21:04:38 +0100

Re: [Finale] Re: FONT not working in 2005a

2004-12-19 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Isn't the font included in OS X? Maybe try reinstalling the font? Or using Font Book and disabling it and then reinstalling it? Simon Troup wrote: Chalkboard for all my text expressions and most of my headers. It worked fine in everything up to and including Finale 2005. Since updating to 2005a,

Re: [Finale] Re: FONT not working in 2005a

2004-12-19 Thread Darcy James Argue
On 19 Dec 2004, at 09:59 PM, Eric Dannewitz wrote: Isn't the font included in OS X? Maybe try reinstalling the font? Or using Font Book and disabling it and then reinstalling it? Well, I certainly don't remember installing it on my system, but lo, there it is. But then it's listed as a Windows

Re: [Finale] Re: FONT not working in 2005a

2004-12-19 Thread A-NO-NE Music
Darcy James Argue / 04.12.20 / 0:08AM wrote: Well, I certainly don't remember installing it on my system, but lo, there it is. But then it's listed as a Windows True Type Font, which is odd. Maybe it's installed as part of Microsoft Office? (That might explain a few things... ) Nope, it's

Re: [Finale] Re: FONT not working in 2005a

2004-12-19 Thread laloba2
I get exactly the same problem as Kim in Finale 2005a, by the way. The font does not show up correctly in Finale, although it works fine in other OS X applications. Haven't tried it in earlier versions of Finale. Chalkboard works fine in Finale 2005 but not 2005a. (Macintosh) So I think

Re: [Finale] Re: FONT not working in 2005a

2004-12-19 Thread Simon Troup
Chalkboard is installed as part of Panther. It shows up as Windows TrueType font but it is native to the OS. Ah yes, but do any of the other Windows TrueType fonts work for you? Not for me ... it's not the one font, it's the set. Simon Troup Digital Music Art - Finale

Re: [Finale] Re: FONT not working in 2005a

2004-12-19 Thread laloba2
Chalkboard is installed as part of Panther. It shows up as Windows TrueType font but it is native to the OS. Ah yes, but do any of the other Windows TrueType fonts work for you? Not for me ... it's not the one font, it's the set. I agree that it's the set.Those fonts don't work for me