Missing Flat Symbol (Windows 10 - Musescore 2.0.2)
Hello!
Recently I've update to Windows 10, and MuseScore been behaving weirdly on one aspect.
Font Symbol for 'flat' became a square (on all the menus, not the sheet itself)
Anyone have any clue why that is happening?
Thanks in advance!
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Most likely you have installed on your system an incompatible version of one of the fonts MuseScore depends on - perhaps Bravura, or maybe mscore or mscore1. None of these fonts should be installed on your system; MuseScore needs to use its own internal version.
In reply to Most likely you have by Marc Sabatella
Thank you very much!
But unfortunately this is not the case, :(
I was checking the installed fonts on my system and there is no bravura, mscore, ellementaler...
In reply to Most likely you have by Marc Sabatella
In that case, it could be an out of date translation if you are using somethng other than the US English version of MuseScore. I kind of recall something about this coming up before but cannot find the reference. Or, if you have set your default system font to something non-standard (eg, anything but whatever Windows 10 uses by default - Georgia?), maybe that is the problem. Maybe someone else knows more?
In reply to In that case, it could be an by Marc Sabatella
I see....I'll keep looking, maybe we'll find an answer.
Thank you for replying!
It's not a breaking bug, only a bit annoying, but that's okay :)
At least the sheet itself is not with the horrible square hehehe
In reply to I see....I'll keep looking, by FerNx89
These may stem from the English 'translations', so it might be possible to fix that by locating and deleting intruments_en_US.qm and mscore_en_US.qm. There may be 2 of each, one set in %ProgramFiles(x86)%/MuseScore 2/locale and another in %LOCALAPPDATA%/MuseScore/MuseScore2/locale. Could also be the ...en_GB.qm files.
In reply to These may stem from the by Jojo-Schmitz
It did not work also...But that's okay, I ended up returning to Windows 8.1 in the end...
Thanks for replying :)
In reply to It did not work also...But by FerNx89
Hey!
Old topic, I know!
But so you guys know, in case someone this happens with anyone else. I got it fixed!
Just install addtional fonts through:
Windows 10: Settings > System > Apps & Features > Manage Optional Features > Add a Feature
In there I installed every single optional font and stuff!
Got it fixed, now my flat symbol is back! Yeah!
In reply to Hey! Old topic, I know! But by FerNx89
Great! My current thinking is that perhaps a newer version of "Segoe UI" is what was needed, but we're still working on circumstantial evidence only, since no one with any insight into the code has managed to reproduce this problem.
In reply to Hey! Old topic, I know! But by FerNx89
@FerNx89: Can you verify with me the steps please:
1) Control Panel
![here.jpg]( "here.jpg")
2 Programs
3) Programs and Features
4) Enable or disable Windows features
5) Add a feature
I am here, you too?
Personally, I added, randomly, RIP Listener
At this stage, I don't understand where I can "Just install addtional fonts through" and there I installed every single optional font and stuff ,as you say:
No difference for now here.
Are the steps the same, am I mistaken, or did I forget something?
If that is it, what feature you have added?
Must restart the computer?
Thank you to be very specific about the steps. Possibly with screenshots. The matter is very important. Thank you
In reply to @FerNx89: Can you verify with by cadiz1
No good, the first try (I am a newbie under Win10) :(
So, second try/other procedure, and steps:
1) Parameters
![gérer.jpg]( "gérer.jpg")
2) System
3) Apps and features
I am here: you too?
Then,
![feature.jpg]( "feature.jpg")
4) Manage optional features (in red character, on the image above)
5) Add feature:
I am here:
or Here: Additionnal fonts: Arial Nova, Verdana etc.
![fonts.jpg]( "fonts.jpg")
I click on "Install"
Result: nothing happens. Install doesn't work for now? What I miss?
In reply to No good, the first try (I am by cadiz1
By consulting the historic of features in the parameters, I note that, in fact, the installation of additional fonts has succeeded.
![réussite.jpg]( "réussite.jpg")
But here no change for the flats :(
I'm stuck here. There must be something else.
But what?
In reply to By consulting the historic of by cadiz1
I also couldn't follow these instructions on installing additional features. I am using Windows 7 and I didn't find any option to install additional fonts.
I solved this by going to Style -> Text which opens the "Edit Text Style" window.
In my case every text style had the font "Broadway Copyist Text" selected. This font was lacking all sorts of music symbols. I just changed it to another font that supported music symbols (in my case I was missing a flat symbol).
In reply to I also couldn't follow these by brettvachon
For the record, what you are describing is not related to the original problem being discussed here. The OP specifically said the score itself was fine; it was the GUI that was missing the flat signs. This indicates a problem with one of the official installed fonts - one of MuseScore's internal fonts or one of the standard Windows fonts. That should not normally ever happen, so we were trying to figure out how his system got corrupted.
What you are describing is totally different - you were trying to use a third party proprietary font that is not simply compatible with MuseScore. Unfortunately until recently there was very little standardization for how musical characters should be represented in fonts, so fonts designed for one notation program generally won't work in another. Current standards are finally addressing this, so there are fonts that can work across different programs, but it sounds like the font you were trying to use is not among these.
In reply to For the record, what you are by Marc Sabatella
Indeed, my issue involved an music XML file that was exported by Finale; after being imported into Musescore I noticed that it contained a font that showed boxes instead of musical symbols. There was nothing wrong with the programme. Thanks for the clarification.