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The Notation Window doesn display properly. How do I install the PG Music fonts?

April 26, 2017display fonts install Music notation PG properly window

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The Notation Window doesn display properly. How do I install the PG Music fonts?

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The “PG Music Font Suitcase” should be installed automatically when you install Band-in-a-Box. If not, the notation window will appear garbled. It is normally installed to Macintosh HD/Library/Fonts. To fix the problem, if you are using Band-in-a-Box from a pre-installed USB hard drive version, run the ‘Band-in-a-Box Setup’ package located on the root level of the USB drive. Or, reinstall Band-in-a-Box using the full package installer (not update patch) making sure that the PG Music Font choice in the Custom Install dialog is checked. If you are still having trouble, perhaps try a search on your hard drive for “PG Music Font Suitcase” (without the quotes), and move it into one of the font folders listed below: • ‘Macintosh HD/System Folder/Fonts’: The Classic font folder. Fonts in this folder can be scanned/used by either OSX or Classic OS 9. Does not exist on most newer Macs. • ‘Macintosh HD/Library/Fonts’: The Local font folder. Fonts here can be accessed by any OSX user, but they ar