Install Maestro Music Font
Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2023 3:29 pm
Greetings, all!
The back story - I purchased Printmusic 2002 back in 2002. Used it for a while, then my wife upgraded to Finale 2011. I have both discs with the serial numbers.
As a trial, yesterday, I downloaded Notepad and began engraving a piece which looked as I expected. Saved the file and exited the program.
But I decided to upgrade to a more current version of Printmusic, since the computer I had it on is long since gone. Upgrade efforts failed, probably due to age of Printmusic 2002 (Makemusic also likes to make money -- go figure), so I purchased Printmusic 2014 (the current version) yesterday.
Windows 11.
During installation and authorization of Printmusic 2014, I got this message:
"The Maestro music font is not installed. It must be installed from the original CD."
ETA: In calling up the piece I had started engraving in Notepad, there was a ghostly image of what I had done, but it clearly showed that the Maestro font was missing. It didn't look completely like hieroglyphics, but close.
There is no further information about installation of the suddenly-missing Maestro font. Again, engraving that piece in Notepad looked fine until I saved my work and closed the program.
Apparently, the developers just automatically assume that users know how to install music fonts (this Maestro font is default, I believe) from a very old 2002 application over the more current 2014 application. This makes no sense to me.
I've spent literally all day yesterday fussing with this and I'm beginning to get the idea that Makemusic is forcing me to "upgrade" to Finale, which is horsepower I simply don't need. Assuming, of course, that the Maestro font would be installed in Finale.
Can anybody shed some light on this mystery?
TIA
The back story - I purchased Printmusic 2002 back in 2002. Used it for a while, then my wife upgraded to Finale 2011. I have both discs with the serial numbers.
As a trial, yesterday, I downloaded Notepad and began engraving a piece which looked as I expected. Saved the file and exited the program.
But I decided to upgrade to a more current version of Printmusic, since the computer I had it on is long since gone. Upgrade efforts failed, probably due to age of Printmusic 2002 (Makemusic also likes to make money -- go figure), so I purchased Printmusic 2014 (the current version) yesterday.
Windows 11.
During installation and authorization of Printmusic 2014, I got this message:
"The Maestro music font is not installed. It must be installed from the original CD."
ETA: In calling up the piece I had started engraving in Notepad, there was a ghostly image of what I had done, but it clearly showed that the Maestro font was missing. It didn't look completely like hieroglyphics, but close.
There is no further information about installation of the suddenly-missing Maestro font. Again, engraving that piece in Notepad looked fine until I saved my work and closed the program.
Apparently, the developers just automatically assume that users know how to install music fonts (this Maestro font is default, I believe) from a very old 2002 application over the more current 2014 application. This makes no sense to me.
I've spent literally all day yesterday fussing with this and I'm beginning to get the idea that Makemusic is forcing me to "upgrade" to Finale, which is horsepower I simply don't need. Assuming, of course, that the Maestro font would be installed in Finale.
Can anybody shed some light on this mystery?
TIA