This IS the Avid L2: [Avid-L2] Re: Font problems

That reminds me of the old chyrons that you had to load the fonts in exactly the same order into the 6 font types or you were screwed.

--- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, Dennis Degan <DennyD1@...> wrote:
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> On Dec 18, 2012, at 8:17 PM, avideditorrob@... wrote:
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> > When ever I transfer projects from a PC Symphony to a Mac Software
> MC, the Mac opens all the bins in Apple's horrific Marker Felt font.
> > I can change each bin font manually - a slow and painful process -
> but is there a way to set a default font systemwide?
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> I say:
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> All I can offer is to say that this happens with PC Symphs alone as
> well. I've opened projects I had created in other edit rooms and
> found that the fonts are different from what I'd originally chosen in
> the first edit room. The only common thread I've found seems to be
> that there may be a relationship between the two Symphs' number of
> fonts. That is, if there are not the exact same number of fonts (not
> just the same fonts themselves), the second Symphony 'chooses' another
> nearby font in the list. It's almost like the way a font is chosen is
> not by its name but rather how far down the list of fonts it appears.
> If the original Symph's font was #43 in its list of fonts, the second
> Symph will pick #43 also. But that may not be the same font. If that
> font is not the same, the second Symph picks whatever IS #43. This is
> all just guessing by observation on my part. And I can't even confirm
> that it is accurate.
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> Dennis Degan, Video Editor-Consultant-Knowledge Bank
> NBC Today Show, New York
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