Japanese text

[matternj]

I am using Finale 2007 on a PowerBook G4 (OS X 10.4.11). I’m trying to add Japanese lyrics. When I go to Document Options —> fonts to set the font for lyrics, several Japanese fonts appear. When I choose one, I can type the Japanese text normally and it appears on the score, but when I finish a section and hit enter, it turns into wacky symbols. Any way to fix this?

Thanks!

[Peter Thomsen]

Finale 2007 does not support Unicode.

To make Japanese text work in Finale 2007 you must use special double-byte fonts (not Unicode fonts).

See the attached Finale document.

[matternj]

Thanks! ...How am I supposed to use the file?

[Peter Thomsen]

You are not supposed to use the document.

The document is just a proof that you can get Japanese text in Finale 2007.

You can examine the document, and see what fonts are used.

[matternj]

I'm confused as to why FInale 2007 includes fonts that it doesn't support...the user manual actually makes reference to the Japanese font options.

If you're willing to answer such a basic question, how does one go about installing outside (double-byte?) fonts in Finale?

[Peter Thomsen]

I'm confused as to why FInale 2007 includes fonts that it doesn't support...the user manual actually makes reference to the Japanese font options …

I could be wrong here, but I do not think that Finale 2007 includes Japanese fonts.
As Far As I Know, the only fonts that are installed with Finale 2007, are the music font families (= Maestro, Engraver, Jazz &c.).

Generally, fonts are installed in the operating system, in a Fonts folder.
From the Fonts folder the fonts are available to all programs - including Finale.
(This also means that the Finale music fonts are available to other programs than Finale)

… how does one go about installing outside (double-byte?) fonts in Finale?

You do not install fonts in Finale (and I do not think that you can install fonts in Finale).

The double-byte fonts for Japanese text are included in a standard Mac OS installation - to make Mac OS usable in Japanese.

In Other Words:
You do already have the Japanese double-byte fonts installed in your system.
The proof is that you could see Japanese text in the Finale document, I attached (there are no fonts saved inside a Finale document).
You did open my Finale document “JapaneseCharacters.mus”, didn’t you?

If you examine my document, you can see, what font is used for the Japanese text.

[matternj]

I appreciate your help.

The font used in that document still doesn't show up in mine...

[Peter Thomsen]

Did you try to enter Japanese text into the document I attached?