I agree with what Chuck is saying here.  I too use the Maestro font for Jazz Charts....unless a client absolutely insists that I use the Jazz font.  The Jazz font doesn't look as professional in my opinion.  I have shape expressions for scoops etc. that I use.  

I don't own any of Bill Duncan's fonts but I visited his site the other day and I must say, that is some of the most beautiful Finale work that I have ever seen.  It doesn't get any clearer than that!  Beautiful work Bill!  

FWIW

Karen


Just for the record, I have said before that I prefer the Maestro/Duncan combination to the jazz font (and any other hand written style font I've seen), even with the scoops, bends and fall-offs from the jazz font when they are necessary.  Please, no flames.  This is just one person's preference - based on considerable experience, but still, just an opinion.  If Bill is able to come up with a set of jazz articulations (not so many, really) that look as if they belong to Maestro, I'll be happy enough.

I do like fonts, and design, and elements that ad beauty and interest to the graphic representation of music, but in the end, it's clarity and ease of communication of the musical idea that trumps everything else for me, and I find Maestro less distracting than the Jazz font.  If Eric is counting votes in this informal poll, David Berger falls into the camp that doesn't like the Jazz font.  He thinks it looks like the work of a bad copyist.

Chuck
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