Re: [Finale] questions

2015-01-12 Thread Christopher Smith
Font Annotations are a list of measurements that show where the top, bottom, left, and right limits of a character are. They help with kerning (space between text characters) and in Finale they also help with figuring out how far something is supposed to be from another thing, say slur ends

[Finale] questions

2015-01-12 Thread Lawrence David Eden
Greetings, As a long time user of Finale, I am embarrassed to admit that I don’t know what Font Annotations are. Please explain! How do I get Finale to show me the entire library of articulations? I want to insert a breath mark into my score, but can’t find it….help, please. Thanks, Larry

Re: [Finale] Questions about microtonal accidentals

2011-12-29 Thread Jari Williamsson
On 2011-12-29 11:07, SN jef chippewa wrote: > can you explain this a little more? > > i use a system - setting default characters in > accis prefs - without fudging or changing default > appearance that requires checking only a few > pitches in transposed instrument parts. all > traditional symbo

Re: [Finale] Questions about microtonal accidentals

2011-12-29 Thread SN jef chippewa
jari, just noticed hindson's "accidentals" font has the 3/4b character you are looking for http://www.hindson.com.au/wordpress/free/free-fonts-available-for-download ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Questions about microtonal accidentals

2011-12-29 Thread SN jef chippewa
>In the plug-in "JW Change" plug-in (which I >currently work on), it will be possible to >change the accidental appearances pretty easily >(without changing the basic key of the piece, >which is my preferred way of working with >quarter tones in Finale). can you explain this a little more?

Re: [Finale] Questions about microtonal accidentals

2011-12-29 Thread Giovanni Andreani
Jari, I too use the up and down arrows. Thank you for the great work you are doing out there. Giovanni Andreani On 29 Dec 2011, at 01:34, Darcy James Argue wrote: > Hi Jari, > >> * Does anyone use the accidentals with arrows up/down? > > Yes, and that's always been my preferred style of qua

Re: [Finale] Questions about microtonal accidentals

2011-12-28 Thread Ayottemusic
I have used the Turkish symbols. I ended up creating a new font using FontCreator (by HighLogic), copying and altering the Maestro symbols. Dr. Benjamin Ayotte http://www.ayottemusic.com Sent from my iPhone On Dec 28, 2011, at 19:34, Darcy James Argue wrote: > Hi Jari, > >> * Does anyone us

Re: [Finale] Questions about microtonal accidentals

2011-12-28 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi Jari, > * Does anyone use the accidentals with arrows up/down? Yes, and that's always been my preferred style of quarter-tone notation. Cheers, - DJA - WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On 28 Dec 2011, at 3:49 PM, Jari Williamsson wrote: > Hello! > > In the plug-in "JW Change"

[Finale] Questions about microtonal accidentals

2011-12-28 Thread Jari Williamsson
Hello! In the plug-in "JW Change" plug-in (which I currently work on), it will be possible to change the accidental appearances pretty easily (without changing the basic key of the piece, which is my preferred way of working with quarter tones in Finale). I have some questions regarding microt

Re: [Finale] Two honest-to-goodness Finale questions

2007-10-21 Thread Rob Deemer
On Sat, October 20, 2007 10:08 pm, Daniel Wolf wrote: > (2) insert a nominal time signature of 2 and 2/3 quarters. Another option may be to create an 8/6 signature using the shape designer...not quite as many items to adjust. -Rob ___ Finale mailing lis

Re: [Finale] Two honest-to-goodness Finale questions

2007-10-21 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 21.10.2007 dhbailey wrote: It could be done the same way but not with an EPS graphic -- save it from the separate file as a TIFF graphic, and then the final score can be printed from any printer. True, though it won't be as good quality, and not really press ready. Plus, it will take much

Re: [Finale] Two honest-to-goodness Finale questions

2007-10-21 Thread dhbailey
Johannes Gebauer wrote: On 21.10.2007 Daniel Wolf wrote: (1) indicate the scordatura of an instrument in an incipit measure (before the first measure, like an original clef or vocal range indication). Dennis Collins has a good way to do it with a special font. However, the other way to do it

Re: [Finale] Two honest-to-goodness Finale questions

2007-10-21 Thread Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
On Sat, October 20, 2007 10:08 pm, Daniel Wolf wrote: > (2) insert a nominal time signature of 2 and 2/3 quarters. If this is what you mean, then shape designer, no horizontal stretching: (I've done this before but couldn't recal

Re: [Finale] Two honest-to-goodness Finale questions

2007-10-21 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 21.10.2007 Daniel Wolf wrote: (1) indicate the scordatura of an instrument in an incipit measure (before the first measure, like an original clef or vocal range indication). Dennis Collins has a good way to do it with a special font. However, the other way to do it is to use a separate fil

[Finale] Two honest-to-goodness Finale questions

2007-10-20 Thread Daniel Wolf
I need to do the following in a score: (1) indicate the scordatura of an instrument in an incipit measure (before the first measure, like an original clef or vocal range indication). (2) insert a nominal time signature of 2 and 2/3 quarters. Any suggestions for work-arounds in Fin 07 Windows?