.FAN File Extension
Finale Font Annotation
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What is a FAN file?
A FAN file is a font annotation file created by MakeMusic Finale, a scorewriter for Windows and macOS. It contains kerning data Finale uses to align font characters. Each Finale font uses its own FAN file.
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MakeMusic Finale is a professional music composition program used by composers. As part of creating musical scores, composers can add text that uses different fonts. Each Finale font is accompanied by a FAN file, which contains annotations that define the height and width of each font character.
Composers can also install third-party fonts and use them with Finale. When they do so, they must create a FAN file to accompany those fonts. Composers create new FAN files from Finale's menu, by selecting the button.
NOTE: By default, Finale stores FAN files in the ~/MakeMusic/Finale ##/Font Annotation directory.
How to open a FAN file
You can open a FAN file with MakeMusic Finale (Windows, Mac). To do so:
- Open the menu.
- Select .
- Click .
- In the window, click to select the font with which you want to use your FAN file.
- Click .
- Navigate to and open your FAN file.