Re: [Finale] Elision Slurs in lyrics
I actually need it for English, which means there can be consonants in the elision as well. Example: "care-fully" where there is an elision-slur centered under the two ells (and no space between them). It seems like the ideal would be single character that looks like the elision and has zero width (centered). My font editing days may be behind me, but there was a time when I could have made one. (Though it may have required kerning against every possible combo. I don't remember it well enough now.) Anyway, it's ridiculous Finale can't do it natively. On Sat, Aug 10, 2019 at 11:10 AM Fiskum, Steve wrote: > Hello Robert, > > I deal with these types of elisions everyday. Back in the day we used to > use an expression that was attached to a note. It worked well until I > finally took the time to create fonts with editor specific placements for > the many combinations of Spanish hymnal texts. I would share the font but > it was created for a specific publisher. > > In the link below is the "key" I created to work with the font. Hopefully > this can help you figure out a system that may work for you, if you decide > to create a font - OR - I've included the elision shape expression library > I used in the earlier versions of Finale, that I still sometimes use. > https://www.dropbox.com/sh/grk6qjpymzrrszo/BpN1qzYMJUQDT7h1bOCua?dl=0 > > Hope this is helpful. > > Cheers! > Steve Fiskum > > > From: Finale on behalf of Robert Patterson < > rob...@robertgpatterson.com> > Sent: Saturday, August 10, 2019 8:37 AM > To: finale > Subject: [Finale] Elision Slurs in lyrics > > Does anyone know a more professional approach to elisions than the way > suggested in the Finale manual? The manual proposes the character shift-I > from the Engraver Font Set. The big problem with that is that it leaves a > gap between the two syllables. This is visually the opposite of what we > want with an elision. In hymn books you often encounter two syllables > eilided with no gap and a slur connecting them underneath. The official > Finale technique, in my opinion (at least for English), is worse than just > omitting elision slurs. > > I suppose I could use a shape expression, but that certainly would be > tedious. > ___ > 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
Re: [Finale] Elision Slurs in lyrics
Hello Robert, I deal with these types of elisions everyday. Back in the day we used to use an expression that was attached to a note. It worked well until I finally took the time to create fonts with editor specific placements for the many combinations of Spanish hymnal texts. I would share the font but it was created for a specific publisher. In the link below is the "key" I created to work with the font. Hopefully this can help you figure out a system that may work for you, if you decide to create a font - OR - I've included the elision shape expression library I used in the earlier versions of Finale, that I still sometimes use. https://www.dropbox.com/sh/grk6qjpymzrrszo/BpN1qzYMJUQDT7h1bOCua?dl=0 Hope this is helpful. Cheers! Steve Fiskum From: Finale on behalf of Robert Patterson Sent: Saturday, August 10, 2019 8:37 AM To: finale Subject: [Finale] Elision Slurs in lyrics Does anyone know a more professional approach to elisions than the way suggested in the Finale manual? The manual proposes the character shift-I from the Engraver Font Set. The big problem with that is that it leaves a gap between the two syllables. This is visually the opposite of what we want with an elision. In hymn books you often encounter two syllables eilided with no gap and a slur connecting them underneath. The official Finale technique, in my opinion (at least for English), is worse than just omitting elision slurs. I suppose I could use a shape expression, but that certainly would be tedious. ___ 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
Re: [Finale] Elision Slurs in lyrics
On 2019-08-10 09:37, Robert Patterson wrote: Does anyone know a more professional approach to elisions than the way suggested in the Finale manual? The manual proposes the character shift-I from the Engraver Font Set. The big problem with that is that it leaves a gap between the two syllables. This is visually the opposite of what we want with an elision. In hymn books you often encounter two syllables eilided with no gap and a slur connecting them underneath. The official Finale technique, in my opinion (at least for English), is worse than just omitting elision slurs. If you don't use up all the verses, it seems that you could create a verse with just the elision slurs and move it upward with the triangles. Just a thought. Dennis ___ 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] Elision Slurs in lyrics
Does anyone know a more professional approach to elisions than the way suggested in the Finale manual? The manual proposes the character shift-I from the Engraver Font Set. The big problem with that is that it leaves a gap between the two syllables. This is visually the opposite of what we want with an elision. In hymn books you often encounter two syllables eilided with no gap and a slur connecting them underneath. The official Finale technique, in my opinion (at least for English), is worse than just omitting elision slurs. I suppose I could use a shape expression, but that certainly would be tedious. ___ 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
