Large blocks of black are displayed instead of music notation symbols. How can I fix this?

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	09 Sep 2010

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	Large blocks of black are displayed instead of music notation symbols. How can I fix this?

Solution If a Notation product displays large large blocks of black instead of music notation symbols, then the explanation is very likely one of the following, for which each has a solution to the problem:

http://www.notation.com/download/HARMONY_.TTF

The most likely explanation of the font problem is that Notation cannot find its True Type music font, named Harmony, with the file name Harmony_.ttf. This will happen if there are too many fonts in your Windows\Fonts directory.

If there are more than 300 fonts in your Windows\Fonts directory, try temporarily moving extra unneeded fonts into another directory. Restart Windows. Then run Notation again. This usually solves the problem.

If this does not solve the problem, then open the Fonts folder in the Windows Control Panel. Remove the Harmony font. Restart Windows, and run Notation again. When Notation does not find the Harmony font in the Windows fonts folder, Notation automatically produces the Harmony_.ttf file in its own directory and uses that copy of the font.

Also, Notation has a font problem under the following circumstances:
1. The score displays chord names.
2. The font size for the chord names differs from that of the music notation font.
You can work around this problem by making the font size of the chord names the same as that of the music notation font, as follows:
- Choose the Font Size and Spacing command in the Score menu.
- Choose the Font Setup command in the Font Size and Spacing dialog box.
- Set the point size for Music Symbols and Chord Names to be the same. They can be the same number (eg, 10), or they both can be set to Use Default Point Size.