Re: [Finale] mass font substitution

2005-01-02 Thread Andrew Stiller
Thanks to all who responded to this thread. Thanks to the kind efforts of a list member who shall remain anonymous, I now have a version of the original font that requires only substitution for the old--no repositioning or resizing required. So it looks like I'm OK. Andrew Stiller Kallisti

Re: [Finale] mass font substitution

2004-12-31 Thread Andrew Stiller
On Dec 30, 2004, at 1:17 PM, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote: I know you're trying to avoid too much work, so maybe this isn't a good suggestion either. But were I to be creating a logo block, it would be a separate image file to drop in place. I don't know how your logo block works, but would an

Re: [Finale] mass font substitution

2004-12-30 Thread Andrew Stiller
On Dec 29, 2004, at 4:14 PM, dhbailey wrote: Allen Fischer gave you a couple of things to try -- how about simply renaming your KLOGO font to be the same as the name of the Zapf Chancery font file? Unfortunately that wouldn't help. I actually tried something similar, and what happens is that

Re: [Finale] mass font substitution

2004-12-30 Thread Andrew Stiller
On Dec 29, 2004, at 8:48 PM, Richard Yates wrote: I notice that most responders seem to have overlooked this sentence in your post: Unfortunately, merely switching fonts won't do, as the K needs to be both repositioned and resized after the substitution. Since you have made a new font character

Re: [Finale] mass font substitution

2004-12-30 Thread Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
At 01:09 PM 12/30/04 -0500, Andrew Stiller wrote: Unfortunately that wouldn't help. I actually tried something similar, and what happens is that the file's font list ends up showing two different Zapf Chancery fonts. To get the new one to replace the old, I'd still have to do a font

[Finale] mass font substitution

2004-12-29 Thread Andrew Stiller
A bulk font substitution problem: Apple used to licence the Zapf Chancery font from ITC, but starting w. OSX, they've stopped doing that, and created a similar font called Apple Chancery to take its place. The formerly-licensed Zapf Chancery will not display in OSX, and cannot be opened in

RE: [Finale] mass font substitution

2004-12-29 Thread Fisher, Allen
Title: [Finale] mass font substitution Andrew-- Use either the Text Search and Replace plug-in (expand the dialog for more options) or create a FinaleScript: batch process folder process subdirectories search [Zapf Chancery] ascii character number replace [klogo] ascii character number

Re: [Finale] mass font substitution

2004-12-29 Thread dhbailey
Andrew Stiller wrote: A bulk font substitution problem: Apple used to licence the Zapf Chancery font from ITC, but starting w. OSX, they've stopped doing that, and created a similar font called Apple Chancery to take its place. The formerly-licensed Zapf Chancery will not display in OSX, and

Re: [Finale] mass font substitution

2004-12-29 Thread A-NO-NE Music
dhbailey / 04.12.29 / 04:14 PM wrote: Allen Fischer gave you a couple of things to try -- how about simply renaming your KLOGO font to be the same as the name of the Zapf Chancery font file? I don't claim I know font in OSX, but font is recognized by fontID instead of name in general. --

Re: [Finale] mass font substitution

2004-12-29 Thread Richard Yates
I notice that most responders seem to have overlooked this sentence in your post: Unfortunately, merely switching fonts won't do, as the K needs to be both repositioned and resized after the substitution. Since you have made a new font character anyway, can you simply design that character so

Re: [Finale] mass font substitution

2004-12-29 Thread dhbailey
A-NO-NE Music wrote: dhbailey / 04.12.29 / 04:14 PM wrote: Allen Fischer gave you a couple of things to try -- how about simply renaming your KLOGO font to be the same as the name of the Zapf Chancery font file? I don't claim I know font in OSX, but font is recognized by fontID instead of name