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Thread #111319   Message #2632391
Posted By: Mr Red
15-May-09 - 07:15 AM
Thread Name: English tunes practices: Chippenham Fest
Subject: RE: English tunes practices: Chippenham Fest
The tunes are now available on the Spare Parts Concertina Band - if you can view them.

The problem is that it is assumed that what the generator of the document has in the way of fonts is so universal that it cannot be imagined that you don't have them. Here at the public library the font set is Micro$oft default which is basic. Arial/Helvetica, TNR/Times, Courier. No music fonts and I doubt I have the same ones at home either. The dots are ampersands and the sharps and flats smilies.

The problem is also seen with large pictures, Flash movies etc on Websites generated on the latest whizzbang PC's, which not every folkie has, or wants! Nor broadband!

PDF documents are getting to the point where those generated on the latest pdf drivers cannot be viewed on older Acrobats (eg 5) and Acrobat7 can only be installed on-line. (8 now available). Not bad for universality - is it? But if I can print them out you may get two more participants.