> Lee Actor wrote: > > > One other reason to use the Text rather than Expression Tool is that you > > can't mix fonts in an expression. Still, expressions are so much more > > flexible than text that when I need something like "Moderato" > followed by a > > metronome marking in parentheses, I overlay two expressions. Hmm, maybe > > multiple fonts in an expression is a wish list item? > > > > And Don Hart responded: > > > You can mix fonts in a shape expression in finmac 2k2. I don't > know what > > version enabled this but I've been doing it for a while. > > This is an old trick, and some folks have been doing it for a > long time. I > think Hal Owen first recommended it to me. It is VERY easy to > do. When you > click on "shape" in the text expressions dialog, then click on the buttons > to create a shape, you enter the shape designer. You can mix > fonts easily, > move things around easily. In fact, tempo markings with mixed fonts are > very easy to create here -- and you can still assign a MIDI > meaning to them > as well. > > It does seem silly and counterintuitive, when mixing fonts, to have to > create a text-only expression in the shape designer. But, for > now, this is > a very easy work-around. > > David Froom
Great suggestion; I never noticed that Shape Designer had a text editor. It's more difficult than it should be to enter characters from the Maestro font, e.g., since the text editor in Shape Designer doesn't even support cut & paste. But still doable, and superior to my previous method. Thanks. -Lee _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
