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HI – I purchased Encore so long ago that I cannot remember – maybe even in the mid 90s? I had a Mac Plus at the time (with – WOW – an external hard drive with LOADs of memory – 40 MB!!!). Sadly because the software went into hiding I felt I had to migrate to Sibelius. BUT I have hundreds of- maybe thousands of files I would love to be able to access still and they are still saved as enc. files. Is there a versions of Encore I can download to be able to access those old files? I saved many docs as EPS files too and don’t seem to be able to read these on my current MAC set up (Intel UHD Graphics 617 and Sonoma 14.71). When I try to open these files in Adobe Illustrators I get a notice saying I don’t have Anastasia – which, I think, was the suite of fonts for Encore(?)? Is there a way to download those fonts at least? Any help will be appreciated.
I have lost so much music a work I would like to recover. THANKSInstalling a demo version, or a full version – even without a license code – would reinstall the Encore-provided fonts.
I guess it must be the same on Mac as it is in Win.
Send me a mail at andre(dot)baeck(at)gmail(dot)com so that I could send you a download link.If you bought Encore in the nineties, the license code might not work with Encore5. There has been a paying upgrade in the 2006-2007 timeframe which was necessary for E5.
Andre is right that an old license code from the 1990s will not activate Encore 5 — won’t activate 3 or 4 either, also paid upgrades.
With Encore 5, Anastasia is now five fonts plus a suitcase. One of them, Anastasia -extended-.ttf installs as Anastasia. You’ll want to install them all, of course. I just pulled the installers off my 2012 MBP and verified that they will install over Sequoia. I will zip all the Encore 5.0.7 fonts for Mac and send them to Andre. Double-click on each package to open, click on Install.
The last macOS capable of running 5 is Mojave which requires a Mac with Metal graphics made between 2012–2018. Nothing newer or older will run it. The ‘90s requires a Mac running OS 9. A G4 can be used to open old enough files in 4.5.5 over OS 9, then boot into OS 10.4 Tiger to open and resave those files again. Encore 5.04 can open and save them again. Now, you can load them onto a USB stick and open them in 5.0.7.
I was able to do this before my wife threw away my G4 during an office remodel. Though I still have the installers and licenses, I have no desire to get another G4. Since I have no installed versions of 1—4, I no longer recall how to copy the font installers from those ancient versions.
None of us know if the much anticipated Encore 6 will open files predating Encore 5. It will be nice if it does.
I have extracted all of the font installers from Encore 5 for Mac and have emailed them to Andre. If anyone emails me, I can also reply and attach them. Decode the following: l o w f l a t (at) a o l dot c o m. Please put something in the title that lets me know you haven’t sent me spam like, I need encore fonts.
These will install properly over the latest macOS but this does not mean that they will work. The actual font name for Anastasia and other Encore fonts has changed over the years, in addition, the old ones installed in a different directory than now. I am hoping that, since it’s an EPS file that you want to read in Adobe, this will work. Again, to install, double-click on each font to open, them click Install.
If there are macOS Security issues, post them here—I know the workarounds.
Please let us know if this works for you.
Mike
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