Can't change chord font
I can't change chord font. After selecting a new font, it goes back to "Edvin" font. A few times I have managed to get the right font for the chord, but not for the accidental. In this case it shows the correct font when in "Editing mode" (see picture 1) but when I go to next inout, it goes back to the pre-set font (picture 2).
How do I get control over editing fonts?
Thanks
Håkan Rydin
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Comments
PDF 2 doesn't look like Edwin at all
In reply to PDF 2 doesn't look like… by Jojo-Schmitz
No, but certainly not the font I want. Can't change font for this accidental
In reply to No, but certainly not the… by mail627
MuseScore changes a # to a sharp glyph (and a b to a flat glyph). which does look different, but still is from the same font
For the whole score you can adjust the desired font in format->style...->text styles->chord symbol
In reply to For the whole score you can… by kuwitt
Thank you Jojo and Kuwitt for your answers, which however they don’t solve my problems. I have two problems:
• Starting a new score I cannot change the chord font at all – it is always ”Edvin”.
• The other score, from which I sent the pictures, is imported (mxl) from Finale. Every chord is correct except the # shows in a completely different (ugly) font and can’t be changed, not even to ”Edvin”.
In reply to Thank you Jojo and Kuwitt… by mail627
Sure not. The name is Edwin, not Edvin ;-)
Please share the score.
And check Format > Style > Text styles > Chord symbols A (and B)
In reply to Sure not. The name is Edwin,… by Jojo-Schmitz
Sorry Edwin :-)
Please look at F# at the 3rd system. As I wrote before, the correct # is shown in the frame when I click the chord, but the font changes when I save or move to next bar. Same thing also happens if a try to put a # or a b after another chord.
In reply to Sorry Edwin :-) Please look… by mail627
Did you change the style settings as mentioned in format->style...? Share the score means as mscz file, not as pdf.
In reply to Did you change the style… by kuwitt
Yes, I had already changed that. Sending you the mscz file below.
In reply to Yes, I had already changed… by mail627
For me there was in format->style...->text styles->chord symbol another font adjusted. Check this attached version, if you've the same problem when you insert a chord symbol (not a staff text). I changed the already existing chord symbols in your score with right click on a chord symbol->select->all similar and then inside the properties dialogue. I have not change the chords you've inserted as staff text (B7alt, the G over F7).
In reply to For me there was in format-… by kuwitt
Dear Kuwitt,
Thank you for your effort.
You’ve changed to Edwin and then the chord accidentals work, but when selecting my preferred chord font the # and b will be wrong and not in the same font.
Sorry to say, it seems to be connected to the font (AckLac•Ark37) and to limitations of MuseScore. In Finale I can have one font for the chord root and another for the accidental. Also AckLac is fully supported.
I’m a professor of piano and a professional jazz pianist. I have written some books and have 2000 Finale files, all using this font (AckLac) which I prefer over Edwin for writing chords. I have worked a lot to create the layout of chords, also complex chords with many additions and now I’m frustrated after the announcement that Finale will not be updated anymore.
It seems I will have to look for a new chord font or maybe change notation program.
Enclosing my original Finale file (in pdf) for comparison.
In reply to Dear Kuwitt, Thank you for… by mail627
in MuseScore you can not have one font for root and another for the accidentals
In reply to in MuseScore you can not… by Jojo-Schmitz
Jojo,
Thanks for pointing out.
And you cannot change the size of chord alterations/extentions like C7b9? I do want the b9 in smaller size and a bit up from baseline (see attachment how a want to write chords).
Is this impossible in MuseScore?
If so I will have to look for another music notation program (Dorico? Sibelius?)
In reply to Jojo, Thanks for pointing… by mail627
I'm not sure that's possible by using it as chord symbol in the way of MuseScore with your font (not sure, because I haven't these fonts).
A workaround could be if you enter the chord symbols as staff text. Then you can make modifications in the properties dialogue. If you also need the playback enter the chord symbols a second time in the way of MuseScore and make them invisible with shortcut "v".
In reply to I'm not sure that's possible… by kuwitt
Thank you! This is certainly an option when standard input doesn't work.
In reply to Jojo, Thanks for pointing… by mail627
Change Style → Chord symbols → Modifier scaling and Modifier vertical offset. Here, for example, I set them to 0.73 and -3.0 respectively:
![pic-selected-240916-0815-02.png]( "pic-selected-240916-0815-02.png")
I'm sure you'll find chord symbol formatting things you can't do with MuseScore right now, but it may interest you to know that a considerable number of new-and-improved options are planned for the next release (4.5).
In reply to Change Style→Chord symbols… by oktophonie
Thanks! It looks much better, that helps a lot! It works for basic notation.
Myself I have used Finale since the 80's and can do "everything". Haven't yet decided which program to switch to, but it gives some hope that MuseScore is developing.