At 5:56 PM -0400 7/10/02, Christopher BJ Smith wrote: >At 2:38 PM -0700 7/10/02, Chuck Israels wrote: >>At 3:13 PM -0400 7/10/02, Christopher BJ Smith wrote: >>>I wish I had Articulation number 63, but rotated 90 degrees >>>counterclockwise, for a short jazz fall. The others are too long, >>>or are wavy, or are the wrong shape, like those ones that look >>>like eighth note flags. >>> >>>Christopher (smith, not zello) >> >>Many years ago (I'm showing my age, and my long association with >>Finale) there was an articulation font called Newport, which had >>these kinds of shapes. Somehow, after all these upgrades, I have >>kept this font in my files and still use it. It isn't perfect, and >>someone adept at using the shape designer could probably come up >>with better looking things, but the fall-off and upward scoop are >>OK. I often need them in my music, and the jazz font simply looks >>like bad hand copying to my eye (the quarter rest is the worst >>offender), so I continue to use these simple curved shapes. Is >>there a way to make them available to others who might find them >>useful? >> >>Chuck > > >Actually, that's already a help. I'll see if I can find Newport, and >check out the characters for these falls. And I agree about certain >Jazz Font characters, that they look too sloppy. I'm still looking >for a chord font I like.
Chris, As I'm thinking about this, I'm beginning to envision the Newport shapes as looking better slightly smaller. I'm going to try them that way, and I'll let you know what I think. Please let me know if you find the font and how it looks to you. Chuck -- Chuck Israels 230 North Garden Terrace Bellingham WA 98225-5836 (360) 671-3402 fax (360) 676-6055 [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
