I have used the type into WP method - copy & paste into Finale Lyrics box for song-hymn lyrics, but in this is for vocal warm-ups are not so, shall we say, poetic.
On Sat, Jan 17, 2015 at 10:22 PM, Bruce Kau <[email protected]> wrote: > One other thought: Sometimes what is easier is to type your text into a > word processor such as MS Word, and then copy the text into Finale. > Finale has pretty awful text processing, and you can take advantage of > some of the features that various text processors have for inserting > special character sets. > > On 1/17/2015 5:17 PM, Bruce Kau wrote: > > David, > > > > I assume you have a IPA font already, such as the ones at SIL.ORG, e.g., > > > http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&id=gentium_download > > > > I think Windows fonts have the SIL codepoint (just checked; Arial does > > have unicode IPA). I'm not sure about Mac, but I don't know why they > > wouldn't. > > You didn't mention Windows or Mac. The SIL fonts have the IPA characters > > at the IPA code point, as well as newer builtin fonts. > > > > That said, probably the easiest way to do this is to have a keyboard > > mapping tool, if you're going to do this a lot. I don't use these > > characters much, but I do use other unicode characters a bit. The website > > http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/wells/ipa-unicode.htm > > appears to have some helpful tips (not finale-related) that may help as > > well. > > > > Don't know if that's what you're looking for, but hope this helps. > > > > On 1/17/2015 4:43 PM, David Woodard wrote: > >> I am looking for a simple way to use IPA-International Phonetic Alphabet > >> symbols-letters as lyrics for vocal warm-ups with Finale 2012. > >> > >> On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 8:36 AM, SN jef chippewa < > >> [email protected]> wrote: > >> > >>> hi everyone! some of you are familiar with my > >>> work and know that i have used custom fonts for > >>> some time. i have just given them an overhaul -- > >>> more elegant, sexy, functional -- and am making > >>> them available publicly for the first time. > >>> > >>> http://newmusicnotation.com/fonts.html > >>> > >>> neueweise fonts will work in traditional / > >>> classical notation, not just new music, although > >>> they are obviously designed for a broad range of > >>> new music notation needs. :-) > >>> > >>> [CONT] http://newmusicnotation.com/fonts/neueweise_chippewa.pdf > >>> [TRAD] > http://newmusicnotation.com/fonts/neueweise_beethoven-webern.pdf > >>> [PERC] http://newmusicnotation.com/fonts/neueweise_spahlinger.pdf > >>> > >>> have a look, hope you enjoy! > >>> jef chippewa > >>> > >>> ==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--== > >>> > >>> NEUEWEISE -- FONTS FOR NEW MUSIC AND TRADITIONAL NOTATION > >>> > >>> Designed to respond to the diverse needs of New > >>> Music notation, the neueweise font family > >>> enhances the look of any score. 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