One other thought: Sometimes what is easier is to type your text into a word processor such as MS Word, and then copy the text into Finale. Finale has pretty awful text processing, and you can take advantage of some of the features that various text processors have for inserting special character sets.
On 1/17/2015 5:17 PM, Bruce Kau wrote: > David, > > I assume you have a IPA font already, such as the ones at SIL.ORG, e.g., > http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&id=gentium_download > > I think Windows fonts have the SIL codepoint (just checked; Arial does > have unicode IPA). I'm not sure about Mac, but I don't know why they > wouldn't. > You didn't mention Windows or Mac. The SIL fonts have the IPA characters > at the IPA code point, as well as newer builtin fonts. > > That said, probably the easiest way to do this is to have a keyboard > mapping tool, if you're going to do this a lot. I don't use these > characters much, but I do use other unicode characters a bit. The website > http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/wells/ipa-unicode.htm > appears to have some helpful tips (not finale-related) that may help as > well. > > Don't know if that's what you're looking for, but hope this helps. > > On 1/17/2015 4:43 PM, David Woodard wrote: >> I am looking for a simple way to use IPA-International Phonetic Alphabet >> symbols-letters as lyrics for vocal warm-ups with Finale 2012. >> >> On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 8:36 AM, SN jef chippewa < >> shirl...@newmusicnotation.com> wrote: >> >>> hi everyone! some of you are familiar with my >>> work and know that i have used custom fonts for >>> some time. i have just given them an overhaul -- >>> more elegant, sexy, functional -- and am making >>> them available publicly for the first time. >>> >>> http://newmusicnotation.com/fonts.html >>> >>> neueweise fonts will work in traditional / >>> classical notation, not just new music, although >>> they are obviously designed for a broad range of >>> new music notation needs. :-) >>> >>> [CONT] http://newmusicnotation.com/fonts/neueweise_chippewa.pdf >>> [TRAD] http://newmusicnotation.com/fonts/neueweise_beethoven-webern.pdf >>> [PERC] http://newmusicnotation.com/fonts/neueweise_spahlinger.pdf >>> >>> have a look, hope you enjoy! >>> jef chippewa >>> >>> ==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--== >>> >>> NEUEWEISE -- FONTS FOR NEW MUSIC AND TRADITIONAL NOTATION >>> >>> Designed to respond to the diverse needs of New >>> Music notation, the neueweise font family >>> enhances the look of any score. The Notes, >>> Articulations and Pitches fonts can also add a >>> modern touch of elegance to your Classical music >>> score. >>> >>> Character charts and examples using neueweise fonts can be found on this >>> page: >>> http://newmusicnotation.com/fonts.html >>> >>> >>> SET 1: "The Basics" >>> >>> Notes -- Noteheads common to New Music, as well >>> as rests, and straight and angled flags. >>> >>> Articulations -- A range of articulations, bow >>> markings, fermati, tremolos with 1-5 bars, >>> fingernail, guitar pick, slap tongue, Bartók >>> pizz. and more. >>> >>> Pitches -- Standard accidentals and quarter tones >>> (flats and sharps), as well as inflected versions >>> (arrows up/down) and smaller versions with >>> brackets; also round and square brackets for use >>> with notes and accidentals. >>> >>> >>> Use and Design >>> >>> Although neueweise fonts were designed >>> specifically for New Music, they work perfectly >>> for traditional notation as well. Some notable >>> features of the font set: >>> >>> - Accidentals contains quarter tones and >>> inflected (arrow up/down) quarter tones; >>> - Inflected accidentals are legible even in reduced size scores; >>> - Narrower width of some characters saves >>> horizontal "real estate" in the score; >>> - Unified width of many noteheads ensures >>> consistent appearance using alternate noteheads; >>> - A bold and stylish design will make your work >>> stand out, musicians love your scores. >>> >>> >>> Finale Users >>> >>> Font Annotation files (FANs) are included for >>> each font. A stem connection library is included >>> with Notes; an articulation library is included >>> with Articulations. >>> >>> -- >>> >>> shirling & neueweise >>> new music notation + translation + arts management >>> mailto:shirl...@newmusicnotation.com >>> http://newmusicnotation.com | http://www.facebook.com/neueweise >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Finale mailing list >>> Finale@shsu.edu >>> https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >>> >>> To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: >>> finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu >>> >> > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > Finale@shsu.edu > https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: > finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu
