> > Contra Don and Andrew, I find Engraver Slurs much better-looking by > default and much easier to tweak. It's true that unedited Engraver > Slurs can be somewhat buggy (occasionally getting very tall for no > reason), but this can be avoided by nudging them all by one pixel and > then nudging them back. > > [Is this bug still a problem in Fin2006? I forget whether it was > addressed or not.] > > However, it would be nice if people who use Engraver Slurs could post > their settings here. I'll do mine eventually (not now -- too busy) if > anyone cares, but I'm more curious to see everyone else's. > > - Darcy
I completely agree with Darcy. I use them all the time. Remember that the Font Annotation files were created specifically to enable Engraver Slurs to work properly, and if the .fan files are not installed, the slurs don't know what to do and will behave erratically. Also remember that font structures were originally designed to accommodate "letter" fonts which don't change in size vertically. With music fonts, the vertical size of the individual glyphs is all over the place, but when used in an application, the application reads the horizontal metrics just fine, but only uses the ascent and descent of THE ENTIRE FONT to position the characters vertically. The Font Annotation file allows you to override the vertical defaults and customize the vertical boundries of each individual character so the vertical spacing works the same as the horizontal. If you ever get an Engraver Slur that gets really high, say going into a staccato, it means that Engraver Slurs think the top of the staccato is the ascent value of the staccato's parent font (instead of the top of the staccato) if no .fan file exists. Font Annotation is DEFINITELY worth getting to know, as once you know that you're doing, you can do some pretty sneaky things with it. I hope this helps. I will get some of my settings up here in a bit. I am finalizing my Articulations font now, so I'm a bit busy at the moment. Cheers! Bill _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
