First, this forum is populated mostly by users like you. Second, you never mentioned the font name or your computer operating system (and version), so that makes helping you a little difficult.

Thank you very much for responding to me so quickly.  Let's share more:

A) My PC operating software is Windows 7-Pro. Changing it is not an option; too many other programs would be adversely affected.

B) Under Finale, to enter pitched percussion notation, select TEXTS. Use the Texts Drop-down menu; the first option listed is for Fonts. Select that, and you will get a drop-box menu, which lists as a font, Finale Percussion. Finale treats percussion symbols, including pitched percussion symbols, as a font --- that is, unless they have changed it with level 26? --- and that font is, indeed, named Finale Percussion.

C) When you are working within a score to add pitched percussion notation, your path is under the Texts Drop-down menu.  Use the Drop-down to select Inserts> Symbol to gain access to a table of Symbols -- including percussion markings. My Symbols table is incomplete.

So, I now have two questions: 

1.  Has Finale removed pitched percussion notation from the table to handle it differently?  If so, how do I access it now?

2.  Are the fonts themselves available for individual downloading?

Best Regards,

Vashti Forrest
May 26, 2020

You can look here, and follow the link to the font package:

https://makemusic.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/217585418-Music-fonts-display-incorrectly

If that doesn’t solve it, send these questions in to tech support. Use the Submit a Request tab at the top of the page.

Okay, I find I have Finale Percussion on my machine, but then I still have Petrucci as well, so I cannot say whether this was included by Finale v26.

The date of the file in Properties is August 2018. Is that when v26 was released?

Many thanks to both of you.  I will give the link a try. --- V. Forrest