David W. Fenton wrote >> is what I want to do).It's rounded in the *wrong* direction -- it's concave, when it should be convex.
At least, that's my opinion in regard to replicating the shape of the wedge that I see in late 18th- and early 19th-century editions (which
I have seen the concave version (base of the triangle curved inward toward the tip, making a shape like a cocklebur) in publications from as early as 1830, and it is the standard shape from the late 19th c. on (in scores by Stravinsky, e.g.). It has always surprised and vexed me that Finale has not included this form in any of its fonts. The older, convex form (dart-shaped) is available in Maestro, where it can be found at ' and opt-sh-'.
For the cocklebur, I use the old Crescendo font, wh. I understand is no longer available. I'm sure the symbol must be found somewhere though--life isn't *that* absurd!
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