I have two "enclosure" fonts. "Rehearsal" has drop-shadows and is very useful for pointing out structure. The second is "Enclosure" which I only use for text situations where the standard text box enclosures are unavailable (custom smart shape lines, etc.).
For simple enclosures, I use the stock enclosure option in the Text Expression Designer with a line thickness of 2.5 EVPUs and make the enclosure Opaque. This allows the use of arrow lines to point to specific notes or whatever in the staff from anywhere in the enclosed text, with the beginninng of the line being (being hidden by the opaque internal text field) appearing to be perfectly attached to the enclosure every time, from anywhere, and with extremely little fuss. To me, this makes more sense than to be stuck with a fixed indicator on a text box font character because there are few choices as to where the box can be. FWIW... Bill Duncan > From: Christopher Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [email protected] > Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 15:32:27 -0400 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Finale] JazzFont, etc. > > > On Oct 27, 2005, at 3:23 PM, Darcy James Argue wrote: >>> >> While I think the Jazz Font settings look very poor by default, I also >> think it's very possible to get good results with the font if you >> spend some time setting up your own template. There are examples on my >> music prep website, and, not to climb on a high horse or anything, but >> I don't think they look like "very amateur hand copying." (They would >> look even better if Robert's Patterson Beams supported my ideal beam >> thickness of 15 EVPUs.) >> >> I would also have to agree with those who feel that the choice of font >> is relatively unimportant compared to the details of size, layout, >> spacing, phrasing, line weights, placement, etc, that separate a >> well-copied chart from a poorly-copied chart. >> >> In fact, the main reason I used the Jazz Font in the first place was >> not the music characters, but the text enclosures, which are >> absolutely key in sight-reading situations. This is why I hesitated >> long and hard before switching to Maestro for my own work. (Which is >> still an experiment -- I may still switch back to JazzFont, especially >> if Bill comes out with a nice manuscript-style chord font.) There is >> still not really any equivalent to the Jazz Text enclosures in any >> non-manuscript font. There is Bill Duncan's Enclosure font, which is >> very nice, but -- unlike Jazz Text -- lacks the ability to include a >> visual cue as to whether it has been assigned above the staff or >> below. >> > > Not that I would be particularly eager to kludge this, but now that you > can mix fonts in text expressions you CAN use the JazzText enclosures > with other fonts. > > I'm not convinced that it would necessarily look great, though. Those > enclosures (like everything else in JazzFont) are pretty bold, and suit > the JazzText better than they suit any other font that I commonly use. > > Christopher > > > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
