You're right but the size of sharps and flats in the suffixes is so small that also resizing to 120% one could have big letters and numbers for root and scale (7,6,9 etc) and still little symbols for # and b. :(
> Marcello, > > I agree that this ought to be much easier. > > But you can kludge changing ALL the chords this way: > > Create a new staff, hide everything except attached elements, enter > rests to attach the chords to, and resize the hidden staff to 120% or > so. Drag it over the normal-sized staff so that it appears that the > bigger chords are attached to the smaller staff. > > Christopher > > > On Feb 21, 2007, at 3:29 AM, Marcello Noia wrote: > > > > > Thanks Cristopher, if I get it well you went into the edit window and > > did it > > chord by chord manually modifying the size of sharps and flats? Jeez... > > It's fair that Makemusic did not take care about this. > > You have to have more than 10/10 of sight to read those small signs, > > especially in jazz clubs where lights are usually low :). > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Christopher Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 5:17 PM > > Subject: Re: [Finale] FinWin 2k5b - how to change flats and sharps > > insidechords prefixes > > > > > >> > >> On 20-Feb-07, at 10:21 AM, Marcello Noia wrote: > >> > >>> I started a simple music sheet with default template, just melody > >>> and chords manually typed over the staff. > >>> In document options it is possible to change the size of fonts for > >>> almost every item but not for sharps and flats inside prefixes. > >>> Let's take suffix n. 52 (7flat5flat9) or 53 (7flat5sharp9). In the > >>> chord menu you can change the suffix fonts but not the accidentals > >>> along with them. Am I missing something? > >>> > >>> It seems TGTools cannot help on this side, too. > >> > >> I have changed all my suffixes so that the flat and sharp are > >> individual characters, not alterations added by the suffix editor, so > >> I can set the font, kerning and baseline as I like. This is only one > >> of many problems with the suffix editor, and the whole task took me > >> almost a week, partly because of the clunky and tiny edit window. > >> > >> Christopher > >> > >> BTW, I have a trick for resizing individual chord symbols without > >> changing every chord in the piece (sometimes you need this for lead > >> sheets when space is tight, as done in the New Real Book). > >> > >> Attach the chord symbol to a hidden rest in another layer, then use > >> the Zoom tool to click the rest and change it's size. The chord will > >> resize along with the hidden note. > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Finale mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Finale mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
