Here is another THUMBS UP for Bill's fonts. As part of the whole package, he also included a way to get nice Bmi7/E (alternate root) chords as well.
I use his Time Signature, Chord and Articulations fonts daily. On Sunday, February 13, 2011 at 8:16 PM, Chuck Israels wrote: jef, > > I am home now. Christopher described some of the advantages of the Bill > Duncan chords. Bill used to sell just the chord font for $40. I don't know if > Nick sells parts of the Finale Productivity kit or just the whole thing. $250 > seems like a lot to me when Bill used to sell the whole thing for $140, if > memory serves me well. Here's how it looks: > (I hope a little screen shot like this is not illegal on the list.) > The font size for the roots is 16. They look particularly elegant to my eye, > and chord symbols are integral to my music, so they are well worth it to me, > as are the softer, rounded and slightly curved slashes that are part of the > chord font. I'm sure similar results can be constructed within Finale, but > I'm not sure how time consuming that might turn out to be. > > Good luck, > > Chuck > > > > > > > On Feb 13, 2011, at 1:39 PM, SN jef chippewa wrote: > > > > > thanks, i don't use chords often enough that i would bother purchasing a > > chord font though. especially at 250 greenbacks (!), or have i read > > something wrong? > > http://www.npcimaging.com/books/BillDuncan.htm > > > > > I am out and about, but can send you a sample of Bill Duncan's chord font > > > & library later, or perhaps you can see examples in Nick Carter's NPC > > > imaging site. It's worth looking at, even if you make other decisions. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Finale mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > Chuck Israels > 1310 NW Naito Parkway #807 > Portland, OR 97209-3162 > phone: (503) 926-7952 > cell phone: (360) 201-3434 > www.chuckisraels.com > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > Attachments: > - screenshot_04.jpg > > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
