Finger numbering
Hello Musescore,
I've been trying to make the fingering numbers larger on the score. The default is so small that it's barely legible on my screen or a printout. Is there a way to make them larger? I ran the violin fingering plugin and see that the numbers there are much larger but everything is in first position so the plugin isn't helpful in and of itself.
Thanks for any help you can offer,
Gerri
Comments
Select and use Inspector
(You can set it as Style)
In reply to Select and use Inspector … by Shoichi
Thank you so much! Yes, this works. I kept trying to 'edit element' and make changes to the font size there but it didn't work. I forget about the 'Inspector'. How could I forget about the inspector!? :-) Thanks again!
In reply to Select and use Inspector … by Shoichi
Is there a way to also make this violin fingerings notes placed side-by-side instead of stacked vertically?
D3.....
Instead if
3
D
In reply to Is there a way to also make… by wolfmanluke
Just… just type D3? Is there anything stopping you from doing that?
Please start a new topic if you have a question.
In reply to Is there a way to also make… by wolfmanluke
@wolfmanluke, double-click the fingering to enter edit mode, Ctrl+Shift and drag to the palette for further use.
Hmm, which fingering symbols - are you talking about piano, guitar, or something else? The default of 8pt for piano & guitar fingering should be about the same size as a staff space, which is actually pretty standard. In fact it would be somewhat problematic if made larger, because then it would take more space than the notes themselves.
But, making the fingering bold at the standard size would be a common improvement made by many editors.
Anyhow, if you take care to avoid the problems inherent with fingers that are larger than a staff space, then as mentioned, just click the Set as style button after customizing one fingering to be the extra-large size you prefer.
In reply to Hmm, which fingering symbols… by Marc Sabatella
Thanks Marc! It's more about getting old and blind. Once upon a time I wouldn't have noticed. :-) The inspector settings worked like magic!
In reply to Thanks Marc! It's more about… by Gerri Hynes
Great! Keep in mind that you can also simply increase the overall size of the music (Format / Page Settings / Staff Space). This is often a good choice for readability as our vision gets weaker - then everything scales consistently and you don't end up with fingerings that are larger than the noteheads themselves, which ends up being counterproductive long term. Some combination of all of these is probably most effective. I'd start simply making the fingerings bold, then slightly increasing the overall staff size, and only then actually experiment with making the fingerings larger than the noteheads.
In reply to Great! Keep in mind that… by Marc Sabatella
Thank you, Marc! Yes, that trick I have made good use of; I always enlarge the staff space. :-) I just wanted those fingering numbers to be a bit larger and my brain wasn't helping with a solution. :-) Thank you again for your help!