# Musicians/techies, Finale question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicians-techies-finale-question/31337>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 30, 2000, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicians-techies-finale-question/31337 "2000-08-30T14:56:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![SqrlCub](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SqrlCub](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SqrlCub)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2000, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicians-techies-finale-question/31337/1 "2000-08-30T14:56:01Z")

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Hey everyone.

I have an old version of Finale that was passed on to me by an old music professor. I have used it in the past and not had a problem with it. Anyway, I have just recently reinstalled it on my current PC and it worked fine initially. Well, today I boot it up and all the fonts are screwy. For example, instead of a treble clef I see an ampersand and all the quarter notes are googy looking capital I’s. I have gone through the “Special” menu and tried to reset the fonts; however, the quarter note fonts are completely gone. Any ideas on how to fix this?

HUGS!  
Sqrl

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**Author:** ![Silo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac91a4/32.png) [@Silo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silo)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2000, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicians-techies-finale-question/31337/2 "2000-08-30T15:35:42Z")

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Re-boot your computer, if that doesn’t work then re-install.

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**Author:** ![pldennison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc29f/32.png) [@pldennison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pldennison)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2000, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicians-techies-finale-question/31337/3 "2000-08-30T15:37:43Z")

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> For example, instead of a treble clef I see an ampersand and all the quarter notes are googy looking capital I’s.

Hey, that’s what I see whenever I look at **actual sheet music**. I shoulda learned to sight read. 😃

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**Author:** ![SqrlCub](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SqrlCub](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SqrlCub)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2000, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicians-techies-finale-question/31337/4 "2000-08-30T15:44:27Z")

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I should have clarified. I have rebooted my computer several times, reinstalled it twice, and even ran scan disk three times both while windows was running and when I did a hard boot. After each reinstallation I was thinking maybe this time… but I still get the goofy looking I’s and all the other notation looking wrong. The only thing that is still correct is the staff having 5 lines.

HUGS!  
Sqrl