If you use the JazzCord suffix library instead of the default chord
library (which is unusably bad anyway), all of the chord suffixes are
a single glyph, so you can just increase the font size for all the
suffixes at once.
If you want an engraved look for chord symbols (using Times or
Helvetica or whatever), you are better off building your own library
from scratch. Normally I'd recommend Bill Duncan's ChordSuf font, but
with his recent passing the font is (temporarily, we hope) unavailable.
Cheers,
- Darcy
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On 21 Feb 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 :).
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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.
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