I would share you hope as the best solution too, but a solid, or dashed line with a fermata centered above it wouldn't look too funky I think.
Dean On Feb 12, 2012, at 6:17 PM, Aaron Sherber wrote: > On 2/12/2012 9:00 PM, John Howell wrote: >> Hmmm. Sibelius has both a start (left) bracket >> and an end (right) bracket under the Lines menu, >> although neither is dotted. Very handy for >> indicating ligatures or coloration in >> transcriptions of early notation. Does Finale >> lack these? > > Finale has these, but then I'd be placing three things in the score > -- a > left bracket, a fermata, and a right bracket. I think Robert's > intention > (and my hope) was a single custom line with a left hook, fermata in > the > middle, and right hook. But although Finale can put text in the middle > of a custom line, it apparently does not break the line to do so; it > floats the text (fermata, in this case) above the line. > > Aaron. > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > Finale@shsu.edu > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale The perfect drive......a diminishing sphere of white impaling the azure heavens in a graceful elliptic........height and distance vying for supremacy......compatriot's jowls lax, eyes huge, their raucous paeans thinly veiling jealousy......one stroke justifying a capricious investment in the titanium industry. Dean M. Estabrook http://sites.google.com/site/deanestabrook/ _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale