I will yet again explore MS Word's additional Character sets On Sat, Jan 17, 2015 at 11:06 PM, David Woodard <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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. The Notes, >> >>> Articulations and Pitches fonts can also add a >> >>> modern touch of elegance to your Classical music >> >>> score. >> >>> >> >>> Character charts and examples using neueweise fonts can be found on >> this >> >>> page: >> >>> http://newmusicnotation.com/fonts.html >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> SET 1: "The Basics" >> >>> >> >>> Notes -- Noteheads common to New Music, as well >> >>> as rests, and straight and angled flags. >> >>> >> >>> Articulations -- A range of articulations, bow >> >>> markings, fermati, tremolos with 1-5 bars, >> >>> fingernail, guitar pick, slap tongue, Bartók >> >>> pizz. and more. >> >>> >> >>> Pitches -- Standard accidentals and quarter tones >> >>> (flats and sharps), as well as inflected versions >> >>> (arrows up/down) and smaller versions with >> >>> brackets; also round and square brackets for use >> >>> with notes and accidentals. >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> Use and Design >> >>> >> >>> Although neueweise fonts were designed >> >>> specifically for New Music, they work perfectly >> >>> for traditional notation as well. Some notable >> >>> features of the font set: >> >>> >> >>> - Accidentals contains quarter tones and >> >>> inflected (arrow up/down) quarter tones; >> >>> - Inflected accidentals are legible even in reduced size scores; >> >>> - Narrower width of some characters saves >> >>> horizontal "real estate" in the score; >> >>> - Unified width of many noteheads ensures >> >>> consistent appearance using alternate noteheads; >> >>> - A bold and stylish design will make your work >> >>> stand out, musicians love your scores. >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> Finale Users >> >>> >> >>> Font Annotation files (FANs) are included for >> >>> each font. A stem connection library is included >> >>> with Notes; an articulation library is included >> >>> with Articulations. >> >>> >> >>> -- >> >>> >> >>> shirling & neueweise >> >>> new music notation + translation + arts management >> >>> mailto:[email protected] >> >>> http://newmusicnotation.com | http://www.facebook.com/neueweise >> >>> _______________________________________________ >> >>> Finale mailing list >> >>> [email protected] >> >>> https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >> >>> >> >>> To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: >> >>> [email protected] >> >>> >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Finale mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >> > >> > To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: >> > [email protected] >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Finale mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >> >> To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: >> [email protected] >> > > > > -- > > > > > > *David C. 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