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Your copy of Allegro is 18 years old. Things change. Fonts get updated.
Read my earlier post concerning Apple OS updates.
This appears to be a font issue. Are you running the same font in 2014.5 that Allegro 98 used? If not, try changing the default font in 2014.5 and see if that does it. This is solvable. I don't k...
Mac or PC?
Cambria is installed with Office. You should be able to find it and install the font. That it somehow disappeared with a F 25 install is hard to understand. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambr...
Yes, some effects sync up at the beginning of a file. If that's an issue, use something else. So...lose your cathedral effect and any other audio plugins. Human Playback often conflicts with effe...
Without knowing anything about your setup, it's impossible to make a specific recommendation. I would begn with the basics: turn Human Playback off. Disable any audio and dynamics plugins such a...
If you don't de authorize Finale before making certain hardware changes, a phone call to MakeMusic customer service is the fastest way to get back in the saddle. They can reset the server to allow ...
OS?
Both should be in your Applications folder. The icons are nearly identical.