Use the Text Tool, indicated by an "A" in the shape designer toolbar, and
select Maestro (or whatever) as a font.

JR


On 11/28/07 3:29 PM, "Adam Golding" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> how do i combine these shapes in the shape designer??  i can't see how to
> import font characters...
> 
> On 26/11/2007, Christopher Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> On Nov 26, 2007, at 7:00 PM, Adam Golding wrote:
>> 
>>> On 26/11/2007, Christopher Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On 26-Nov-07, at 2:27 PM, Adam Golding wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> ok so i'm going about setting up combined articulations (not to
>>>>> mention some
>>>>> handy macros for applying them from the selection tool)  but i've
>>>>> realize i
>>>>> don't have symbols for:
>>>>> 
>>>>> mezzo-staccato accent
>>>>> mezzo-staccato strong accent
>>>>> stacatissimo accent
>>>>> stacatissimo strong accent
>>>>> 
>>>>> i have no idea what approach i should take in choosing appropriate
>>>>> fonts
>>>>> that might have these symbols--any suggestions?
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> I'm unclear on the names you are using.
>>>> 
>>>> Can you be more explicit about exactly what shapes you are talking
>>>> about for those four combinations?
>>>> 
>>>> Many combinations that don't already exist can be put together in a
>>>> Shape and assigned to an articulation.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> mezzo staccato being a stacatto dot plus a tenuto flat line, and
>>> accent
>>> being >, strong accent being ^, stacatissimo being the wedge mark--
>>> i'll have
>>> to look into this shape business :p
>>> 
>> 
>> In my default file I have a staccatissimo wedge at slot 50. It is
>> Maestro character number 171 (216 inverted). It should combine nicely
>> with the accent and the marcato in a shape, which can then be
>> assigned as a single articulation. You would probably need to make
>> two of them, one for above and one for below the notes.
>> 
>> Christopher
>> 
>> 
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