Thank you both for the input. I've usually used lyrics for chord symbols, using one of the Metronome fonts which mixes music symbols with texts and has a nice set of superscript numbers, but I was getting a random bug in Fin2012 where lyrics would suddenly get out of sync with their corresponding music. 2014 crashes too much so I went back to 2012, and decided to try the chord tool more seriously. But I don't much like the results, or the effort/results ratio. John
On 5/15/14, 12:22 PM, Simon Troup wrote: > I think all that's required is an "Horizontal offset for chords with > alterations" setting. > > > -- > > Simon Troup | BA Hons (Mus) > http://www.digitalmusicart.com > > Partners: Simon Troup & Jennie Troup > VAT Registration: 982 4230 17 > > *"If you can twang it, we can engrave it. Seriously, we can. No... really!"* > > *This email is a private communication between the sender and the intended > recipient. If you received this email in error be advised that all content, > information and files contained in the message remain copyright of the > author, artist or original copyright holder and may not be used without > permission.* > > > On 15 May 2014 17:01, Christopher Smith <christopher.sm...@videotron.ca>wrote: > >> I'm bugged by it. In fact the thing that bugs me most is that if you open >> up a bit of space to allow for the sharp, then a root WITHOUT an alteration >> seems to have too BIG of a gap. >> >> I created a whole set of custom suffixes, but of course Finale being what >> it is, they took me a very long time and I'm still not happy with them, >> partly because of the gap problem. >> >> Christopher >> >> >> On Thu May 15, at ThursdayMay 15 11:02 AM, Simon Troup wrote: >> >>> Hi John >>> >>> I've often suggested offsets for such scenarios but never, until you've >>> mentioned this, found anyone else who was bothered by Finale's lack of >>> precision in this respect. My suffix libraries include a duplicate set of >>> suffixes which start about 5 EVPU further to the right for those I use >> most >>> often. You'll probably find my posts about it in the Finale forums by >>> searching for "Chord Suffix Kerning" or similar. Then again, maybe this >> has >>> been updated, or there's a better way to do it, so I'm very interested to >>> see what anyone else has to say about it. >>> >>> -- >>> >>> Simon Troup | BA Hons (Mus) >>> http://www.digitalmusicart.com >>> >>> Partners: Simon Troup & Jennie Troup >>> VAT Registration: 982 4230 17 >>> >>> *"If you can twang it, we can engrave it. Seriously, we can. No... >> really!"* >>> >>> *This email is a private communication between the sender and the >> intended >>> recipient. If you received this email in error be advised that all >> content, >>> information and files contained in the message remain copyright of the >>> author, artist or original copyright holder and may not be used without >>> permission.* >>> >>> >>> On 15 May 2014 15:56, John Roberts <an...@nycap.rr.com> wrote: >>> >>>> I'm finding that when I add a chord suffix to an altered chord, eg F#7, >>>> the suffix is too close to the # sign. It's fine with a plain chord >>>> letter name. Is there a way to add some space after the accidental? I >>>> suppose I could create a whole duplicate set of symbols with a little >>>> extra space before each one but this seems overkill. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Finale mailing list >> Finale@shsu.edu >> https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >> >> To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: >> finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > Finale@shsu.edu > https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: > finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu > > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu
