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Post by Alfonsina » Wed Mar 07, 2018 8:45 am

Hello,
I would like to have an exemple of each one of the fonts, to choose the one I want. Where can I find them ?
I'll see if I find in the web...
Thanks
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Post by Alfonsina » Wed Mar 07, 2018 12:31 pm

Thank you John. I would like to see exemples of the different "abc" writing fonts proposed in Finale, not musical or other characters.

When I click on Fonts they doesn't appear for each one (Helvetica, Georgia, etc). All the font names are in the same font, and I have to test one by one, to choose the one I like. May be there's a way to see them on Finale ?

I found some in the web.
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Post by Peter Thomsen » Wed Mar 07, 2018 12:55 pm

Alfonsina wrote:… I would like to see exemples of the different "abc" writing fonts proposed in Finale, not musical or other characters.

When I click on Fonts they doesn't appear for each one (Helvetica, Georgia, etc). All the font names are in the same font, and I have to test one by one, to choose the one I like …
If I understand you correctly, you are talking about text fonts (like Helvetica, Georgia, Palatino &c.), right?

As Far As I Know, there are no text fonts that are “proposed in Finale”.
You can use all your fonts in Finale.
Alfonsina wrote:… May be there's a way to see them on Finale ? …
Finale is not designed as a tool for font comparison.

Have you tried FontBook?
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Post by miker » Wed Mar 07, 2018 3:21 pm

"Have you tried FontBook?"

Or PopChar?
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Post by Alfonsina » Wed Mar 07, 2018 3:28 pm

Yes, I'm speaking about text fonts.

Here attached you see the list of fonts. I would like to know if it's possible to see each name of font in his specific font.
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Post by Alfonsina » Wed Mar 07, 2018 3:30 pm

I don't know what's FontBook or PopChar. And where to find them.
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Post by Peter Thomsen » Wed Mar 07, 2018 4:10 pm

Finale does not display a font’s name in the font’s own typeface.

However, Pages does that.
Do you have Pages?
According to your profile you are using Mac OS X.
Pages is a Mac program (a word processor).

By The Way:
To truly choose a text font you should see all the characters, not just the (few) characters from the font name.

Often all the characters are displayed as a sentence that uses each character once.
A such sentence is called a pangram.
A well known english pangram is

the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

which is exactly the pangram Finale uses in its dialog box Font:
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Alfonsina wrote:I don't know what's FontBook or PopChar. And where to find them.
FontBook is a Mac OS program.
It should be installed on your Mac computer.

PopChar is a third party utility that lets you select any character in any font.
PopChar displays all a font’s characters in a palette where you can choose the character, you need.

You can find - and buy - PopChar here:
http://www.ergonis.com/products/popcharx/
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Post by Alfonsina » Wed Mar 07, 2018 4:25 pm

Thank you Peter.

I forgot this possibility to see fonts on Lyrics - Text - Font settings.

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Post by N Grossingink » Wed Mar 07, 2018 5:35 pm

You can use the Macintosh Font Book to preview installed fonts. Set the view to "Sample" and type over the sample type with your own choice of musical terms.

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Post by Alfonsina » Wed Mar 07, 2018 5:45 pm

Thank's Grossin.
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