Hey everyone, As you may remember, a while back I made an online plea for someone with Fontographer to make some long-needed improvements to the default JazzCord font -- specifically, to isolate some characters used in combination with other characters in the suffix glyphs and make them available to the user who wants to build custom symbols. Well, Jeff Chippewa stepped up to the plate, and after a few revisions and some testing on my part I'm happy to say that Jef's modified JazzCord is *exactly* what I want. I asked Jef whether he would mind my publicizing this on-list, since I'm sure some of you would also be interested in the modified font. He had no objections, so here goes -- if you want a copy of this font (TT and PS versions), I will be happy to send them along (unless Jef wants to control the distribution himself). With Jef's blessing, I would also like to send a copy to Coda in the hopes that they will replace the default JazzCord with this new, vastly improved version.
Here are the changes in Jef's version: € NO existing characters have been moved or modified. It is perfectly safe to replace your old JazzCord font with this one. After installing the modified font, all your existing chord symbols -- both the defaults and any custom suffixes -- will remain exactly the same. The new characters have all been mapped to previously empty slots. € JazzCord glyphs use three different types of parentheses -- one set for symbols such as "(omit 3)" or "(omit 5)", another for single numerical alterations such as "(b9)" and "(#5)", and a third set for stacked alterations. By default, only the first pair are available (mapped to "shift-9" and "shift-0"). Jef's version makes the other two pairs user-accessible: - The short narrow parentheses (used for a single alteration) have been mapped to "," and ".". - The tall narrow parentheses (used for two stacked alterations) have been mapped to "shift-[" and "shift-]". € JazzCord glyphs use two different designs for sharps and three different designs for flats, depending on what is being sharped or flatted. By default, only the accidentals used to modify the chord *root* (e.g., the flat in "Bb7" or the sharp in "F#7") are available. Jef's version adds the other accidentals, which are shorter, fatter, and straighter than the defaults: - The flat symbol used to modify single alterations [e.g., the *second* flat in "Bb7(b9)"] is mapped to "shift-4". This symbol is also used as the top flat in a pair of stacked alterations. - The "stubby" flat symbol used to modify the bottom alteration in a stack is mapped to "shift-5" - The sharp symbol used to modify alterations [e.g., the *second* sharp in "F#7(#5)" is mapped to "shift-7". This symbol is used for all alterations requiring a sharp, including the bottom one in a stack. These additions to the font allow you to create any custom suffix you choose, and careful positioning in the Chord Suffix Editor dialog will allow you -- for the first time -- to match the characters and positioning of the default suffixes exactly. Three cheers for Jef! - Darcy ------ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Boston, MA _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
