All fonts included with Finale come with a Type 1 PostScript font (with a corresponding screen font) and a True Type font. A PostScript font does not appear on screen and will only print to PostScript printers, where it provides superior printed output. PostScript fonts have accompanying screen fonts which allow the user to have an idea what the font will look like in printout. These screen fonts don’t resize smoothly on the computer’s screen, meaning that a 24 point font will look okay at 100 percent, but jagged at other point sizes, page reductions or view percentages. TrueType fonts allow you to print to non-postscript printers as well as resize smoothly in both printout and on screen. TrueType fonts do not work, however, in the creation of EPS (Encapsulated PostScript) files. A full installation of Finale installs both the PostScript and TrueType fonts in your system.
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