Re: [Finale] typing in music symbols
Hi, Linda. Using finale fonts in word documents may often be problematic due to issues of baselines and spacing. You'd be better served to download the Bach font, which contains myriad symbols and is specifically designed for use in word and similar programs. Of course, it comes with a character map so you can see which keys produce which symbols. Sent from my iPhone, so please pardon all the typos. On Apr 8, 2013, at 12:47 PM, Linda Worsley li...@ganymuse.com wrote: I occasionallyh need to type music symbols (ff, quarter note, fermata, etc.) into a Word file. Is there a chart somewhere that contains all the keystrokes for the various symbpols? Thanks! Linda ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] typing in music symbols
http://www.finalemusic.com/UserManuals/Finale2011Mac/Content/Finale/Maestro_Font.htm Klaus Sendt fra min iPad Den 08/04/2013 kl. 18.47 skrev Linda Worsley li...@ganymuse.com: I occasionallyh need to type music symbols (ff, quarter note, fermata, etc.) into a Word file. Is there a chart somewhere that contains all the keystrokes for the various symbpols? Thanks! Linda ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] typing in music symbols
Linda, Here is another source from the finale website and reference manual with alternative and text versions of music fonts: http://www.finalemusic.com/usermanuals/finale2012mac/content/Finale/Alternative_music_fonts.htm Michael mmathew_musicp...@yahoo.com http://www.musicengravers.com/cgi-bin/engravers.pl http://oregonmts.com/mathew/ From: Linda Worsley li...@ganymuse.com To: finale@shsu.edu Sent: Monday, April 8, 2013 9:47 AM Subject: [Finale] typing in music symbols I occasionallyh need to type music symbols (ff, quarter note, fermata, etc.) into a Word file. Is there a chart somewhere that contains all the keystrokes for the various symbpols? Thanks! Linda ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] typing in music symbols
Hi Linda, Not being sure exactly what you need to accomplish, you may have decent luck with the Engraver Text fonts (H, NCS and T). The baseline issue mentioned above isn't as much of a problem, at least, because those fonts are sized to match normal font texts (i.e., a quarter note in 12 point EngraverTextT looks about the right size next to text in 12 point Palatino). When you start putting other musical elements with notes it may not always make the best musical sense, as most everything appears to sit on the same baseline. Hope that helps. Don On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 12:50 PM, Michael Mathew mmathew_musicp...@yahoo.com wrote: Linda, Here is another source from the finale website and reference manual with alternative and text versions of music fonts: http://www.finalemusic.com/usermanuals/finale2012mac/content/Finale/Alternative_music_fonts.htm Michael mmathew_musicp...@yahoo.com http://www.musicengravers.com/cgi-bin/engravers.pl http://oregonmts.com/mathew/ From: Linda Worsley li...@ganymuse.com To: finale@shsu.edu Sent: Monday, April 8, 2013 9:47 AM Subject: [Finale] typing in music symbols I occasionallyh need to type music symbols (ff, quarter note, fermata, etc.) into a Word file. Is there a chart somewhere that contains all the keystrokes for the various symbpols? Thanks! Linda ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] typing in music symbols
There is also a set of fonts called Bach with various sets of notes and beams, and another that I use for text called MusiQwik. The latter isn't as pretty but has predefined staves and time signatures for pretty fast text entry. From: Linda Worsley li...@ganymuse.com To: finale@shsu.edu Sent: Monday, April 8, 2013 9:47 AM Subject: [Finale] typing in music symbols I occasionally need to type music symbols (ff, quarter note, fermata, etc.) into a Word file. Is there a chart somewhere that contains all the keystrokes for the various symbpols? ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] typing in music symbols
Actually, the size of the elements in the EngraverText fonts is as I described. But although characters line up horizontally with other fonts, extra space is added below any line where an EngraverText fonts is used. - Don On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 1:52 PM, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz bath...@maltedmedia.com wrote: There is also a set of fonts called Bach with various sets of notes and beams, and another that I use for text called MusiQwik. The latter isn't as pretty but has predefined staves and time signatures for pretty fast text entry. From: Linda Worsley li...@ganymuse.com To: finale@shsu.edu Sent: Monday, April 8, 2013 9:47 AM Subject: [Finale] typing in music symbols I occasionally need to type music symbols (ff, quarter note, fermata, etc.) into a Word file. Is there a chart somewhere that contains all the keystrokes for the various symbpols? ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] typing in music symbols
On 4/8/2013 12:47 PM, Linda Worsley wrote: I occasionallyh need to type music symbols (ff, quarter note, fermata, etc.) into a Word file. Is there a chart somewhere that contains all the keystrokes for the various symbpols? Linda, You've gotten some great replies already -- I can't remember if you're on a Mac or a Windows computer, but Windows ships with a terrific utility called Character Map and there are some other similar programs available for free or for small fee. I don't know if such a program exists for the Mac but I hope one does. With such a program you ask it to show you a font and it shows you all the characters in that font and allows you to copy a character and then past it into whatever other program you're working in. I find it so much easier than trying to deal with printed character maps and remembering the alt-numpad combinations for characters above the 128th slot in the font. Good luck! -- David H. Bailey dhbai...@davidbaileymusicstudio.com http://www.davidbaileymusicstudio.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] typing in music symbols
Thanks to all for pointing me at some sources. I'm aware of the baseline problems and just deal with them as they come up, by a variety of editing tricks. But I'm having trouble finding a keystroke for fortissimo (ff). If I use the one in the chart I get fff so I don't quite know what to do about that. I've been using maestro, but maybe I'll see if engraver has its head on straight. Thanks again! Linda ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] typing in music symbols
Type f twice On Apr 8, 2013, at 3:33 PM, Linda Worsley wrote: Thanks to all for pointing me at some sources. I'm aware of the baseline problems and just deal with them as they come up, by a variety of editing tricks. But I'm having trouble finding a keystroke for fortissimo (ff). If I use the one in the chart I get fff so I don't quite know what to do about that. I've been using maestro, but maybe I'll see if engraver has its head on straight. Thanks again! Linda ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale John Blane Blane Music Preparation 1649 Huntington Ln. Highland Park, IL 60035 847 579-9900 847 579-9903 fax www.BlaneMusic.com j...@blanemusic.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] typing in music symbols
Linda, One app I use that's very handy for finding and inserting various characters system-wide is PopChar. It does cost $ but I find it indispensable. It lives in the menubar to the left of the Apple menu when installed. And, according to PopChar, ff fortissimo is opt-f and fff is shift-option-f in Maestro. But you probably already knew that, yes? J D Thomas ThomaStudios On Apr 8, 2013, at 1:33 PM, Linda Worsley wrote: Thanks to all for pointing me at some sources. I'm aware of the baseline problems and just deal with them as they come up, by a variety of editing tricks. But I'm having trouble finding a keystroke for fortissimo (ff). If I use the one in the chart I get fff so I don't quite know what to do about that. I've been using maestro, but maybe I'll see if engraver has its head on straight. Thanks again! Linda ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale *** J D Thomas ThomaStudios West Linn OR www.thomastudios.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] typing in music symbols
Linda: The real timesaver for you in this situation is one of the fonts that Dennis mentioned in his post in this thread, the Bach Musicological Font; It is available as a free download, http://www.mu.qub.ac.uk/tomita/bachfont/. This is a font that is designed to do exactly what you want. You might check the distribution disk of your word processor program, too. For years, Corel has distributed a music symbol font with Word Perfect, but you have to find it in the included fonts and install it. I expect that most of the other word processors also include a music symbol font. Also, most of the free font sites online have downloadable music symbol fonts for MAC, for example, http://www.fontspace.com/dvm-publications/metdemo ns ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] typing in music symbols
Linda: The real timesaver for you in this situation is one of the fonts that Dennis mentioned in his post in this thread, the Bach Musicological Font; It is available as a free download, http://www.mu.qub.ac.uk/tomita/bachfont/. This is a font that is designed to do exactly what you want. You might check the distribution disk of your word processor program, too. For years, Corel has distributed a music symbol font with Word Perfect, but you have to find it in the included fonts and install it. I expect that most of the other word processors also include a music symbol font. Also, most of the free font sites online have downloadable music symbol fonts for MAC, for example, http://www.fontspace.com/dvm-publications/metdemo. No need to worry about baselines with any of these. ns ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] typing in music symbols
I've used Steve Powell's Metronome fonts for years (from DVM Publications), including MetTimes and MetHelvetica, which mix music characters with those text fonts. JR On 4/8/13 6:26 PM, Noel Stoutenburg wrote: Linda: The real timesaver for you in this situation is one of the fonts that Dennis mentioned in his post in this thread, the Bach Musicological Font; It is available as a free download, http://www.mu.qub.ac.uk/tomita/bachfont/. This is a font that is designed to do exactly what you want. You might check the distribution disk of your word processor program, too. For years, Corel has distributed a music symbol font with Word Perfect, but you have to find it in the included fonts and install it. I expect that most of the other word processors also include a music symbol font. Also, most of the free font sites online have downloadable music symbol fonts for MAC, for example, http://www.fontspace.com/dvm-publications/metdemo. No need to worry about baselines with any of these. ns ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
