Tempo markings not showing note symbol
For some reason, after the most recent Musescore update I installed, all of the note symbols have gone missing. When I try to insert a tempo marking, for example, I get a missing character symbol instead of the quarter note I expect to see. I've attached a screenshot. I have already tried removing and reinstalling.
Note: The notes still show up in the score just fine. It just seems to be in any text elements that the issue appears.
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Check whether you have Bravura or BravuraText installed on your system, and if you have, remove them. MuseScore has them builtin but uses an installed one if it exists, and the effect you are seeing is a typical result of having an outdated version of those fonts installed.
In reply to Check whether you have by Jojo-Schmitz
Worked like a charm. Thank you!
In reply to Check whether you have by Jojo-Schmitz
Uninstalling both Bravura fonts solved this problem for me as well, but I can not use Bravura with Lilypond/Frescobaldi any more as it has for them to be installed as system font (Windows 10). Maybe you could block the usage of installed fonts, which are already built in in MuseScore (btw I'am using 2.03), in future versions or use only fonts installed on system level?
In reply to Uninstalling both Bravura by enkidu
This is indeed a recurring issue but not one with an easy solution - what hekps one use case hurts another. Anyhow, it should work if you at least make sure your version of Bravura is appropriately recent. It's not so much having Bravura installed that is the problem, it's having an *incompatble version* of Bravura.
In reply to This is indeed a recurring by Marc Sabatella
Thank you for the hint, I will check this possible solution too! Otherwise there is a way to solve this as outlined below this reply.
In reply to Check whether you have by Jojo-Schmitz
Ok, there is a solution for those people using MuseScore and LilyPond:
1. Fix the MuseScore problem (square instead note in tempo mark) by deleting the Bravura fonts installed on your system (as described by Jojo-Schmitz above).
2. To get Bravura back again in LilyPond, you have to place the Bravura.otf font file in the following directory: C:\Program Files (x86)\LilyPond\usr\share\lilypond\current\fonts\otf
This description works with Windows. I do not know, if there is a similar square-instead-note-in-tempo-mark-problem in other operating systems, but you can surely find a "\LilyPond\usr\...\otf"-like directory in Linux and macOS as well.