hi david, as bruce said, finale is a crap word processor. however, it is indeed possible to type directly using IPA fonts into the lyrics window or to use "type into score" in the lyrics tool. but some fonts (SIL, for example) are mapped such that many common characters require knowledge of how to type a large number of extended characters to access them.
IPAKiel is a little more "user-friendly" in this sense, as the capitals are used for many IPA characters. you will still need some extended characters, but this font is a little easier to get a grip on in some ways. check out this screenshot: http://newmusicnotation.com/TEMPFILES/IPA_KielSeven.pdf if you set your system to use a french canadian keyboard, for example, some extended characters (é, è, à etc.) are already available as single keystrokes, and don't require key combos like (on mac) "opt-e" + "e" to make "é". -- NEW!!! neueweise -- fonts for new music and traditional notation shirling & neueweise | http://newmusicnotation.com new music notation + translation + arts management [FB] http://facebook.com/neueweise | [TW] http://twitter.com/neueweise _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: [email protected]
