Hi Robert,
The problem is not necessarily caused by faulty fonts but at least as likely due to how your text styles are configured within Sibelius. The basic, default configuration for Sib is for all text styles displayed in a conventional typeface - such as the four styles you've listed - to be generated from one and the same, so-called Main Text Font, such as Times New Roman, Georgia, or any other of your choice. So, before recoursing to a re-installation of that font, I'd begin troubleshooting this problem by testing the font's functionality within a few other applications that generate text, such as your word-processor, spreadsheet, drawing program, or photo-editing program. Within each program, simply select from the list of text fonts installed on your system the one you normally use as the Main Text within Sibelius and type out its standard character set. If all the keyboard characters display correctly, it's unlikely that reinstalling the font will resolve your problem, and you can reasonably assume it's due to your settings within Sib. If the characters don't display, the font is faulty and obviously needs to be removed from your system and re-installed. Close Sib before doing so and re-start it when done. Re-open the score and hopefully all will be back to normal.
If the font proved to be functional, I'd next create a new score within Sibelius, clicking Finish (rather than Next) on completing the opening dialogue, and without importing any customized House-Style, take the following steps:
1) From the Menu Bar, choose House Style, then Edit All Fonts. The top field of the resulting dialogue box is for selecting the Main Text Font. If the name of the font displayed in the field is different from the font you normally use, select the latter from the field's drop-down list. With the field now showing your preferred font, similarly ensure the music font you were using displays in the Main Music Font field. Leave the bottom field as is (it should read Opus Text) and click OK.
2) With the score now open and its window active,
---2.1 Type Cmd+E (for Expression Text) and left-click above any staff. When the blinking cursor line appears, right-click to invoke the Expression Text context menu. If all is well you should see all expression words (like cresc.) displayed in your chosen Main Text Font typeface. Left-click on any word and it should appear by the cursor line. Left click again to complete your action. Again, the word should now appear on the page in the correct typeface.
Now repeat step 2.1, this time entering text via the keyboard rather than via the context menu - your end result should be correct as before.
If 2.1 is successful, chances are you'll get a successful result for each of the following tests:
---2.2 Choose Create>Text>Title, left-click at the top of the page and try typing some text characters. Left click to complete.
---2.3 Choose Create>Text>Special Text>Bar numbers and left-click above a barline. If this doesn't succeed, choose House Style>Engraving Rules>Bar Numbers, ensure that the "No Bar Numbers" option is not selected, then try again.
---2.4 Choose Create>Text>Rehearsal Marks and try creating one in the normal way.
3) If any one of these tests should fail, I'd next check, via House Style>Engraving Rules that the particular text style is associated with the chosen Main Text Font. In the dialogue for that style, click on the Edit Text Style button. If, in the subsequent dialogue, some other font name appears (which is highly unlikely), change it to the Main Text Font's name and try again. If the test still fails, I'd suggest referring the problem to Daniel at Sibelius.
Assuming all the tests were successful, I'd now quit the empty score and open the score in which the problem arose, which initially will re-present the problem, and proceed back to step 1. After clicking OK, hopefully all strangely displayed text styles should change to their correct typeface. If any of them don't, proceed to step 3 - within this score you're be much more likely to find an incorrect setting than in the empty score. Correct the setting, click OK and observe the results. If Rehearsal Marks and Title are still missing, you should at any rate now find it possible to create new ones that display correctly. If not, again, I'd consider contacting Daniel.
Assuming everything is working normally again, I'd now update any existing custom House Style associated with the score, or otherwise create one from scratch (Choose House Style>Export House Style). Should the problem ever recur, simply importing this should instantly restore all your correct settings.
Incidentally, there's plenty of info about text styles in the Reference, (Section 3)!
Good luck!
Scordatura
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