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If you choose not to use one of Finale’s default fonts, Maestro or Broadway Copyist, you can substitute any other music font.

To change music fonts

  1. Choose Document > Set Default Music Font. The Font dialog box appears.
  2. Choose the new font and style; click OK twice. Depending on the music font you’ve selected, you may have to fine-tune the positions of individual elements, such as the eighth-note flags. For details, see Document Options-Flags.

To change positioning of other individual elements, select their corresponding category in the Document Options dialog box. If you want to change other elements to another font, such as JazzText or JazzCord, continue with the instructions below.

  1. Choose Document > Data Check > Font Utilities. The Font Utilities dialog box appears.
  2. Select the text font you want to change by clicking the top Set Font button. Select the text font you want by clicking the bottom Set Font button. For example, select Times New Roman mixed sizes and styles for the Search For font and Jazz Text mixed sizes and styles for the Replace font.
  3. To change chords, choose Document > Document Options > Fonts. The Font options appear.
  4. Choose Chord > Symbol. Click Set Font and choose JazzCord or the desired chord font.  
  5. Click OK (or press ENTER) twice.
  6. Click the Chord tool  image\Chord_Tool.gif. The Chord menu appears.
  7. Choose Chord > Change Chord Suffix Fonts.  
  8. To change the entire library of chord suffixes at once, click the Set Font button in the lower half of the screen. The Font dialog box appears, letting you specify new font, size, and style characteristics for the suffixes. For best results, be sure that the Fix Chord Suffix Spacing checkbox is selected, so that Finale automatically adjusts the individual characters in each chord suffix to compensate for the new font and size.
  9. Select a type style, and then click OK. You return to the document, where Finale has changed the font for your chord suffixes. Finale is smart enough, however, not to change any musical symbols within the suffix, such as the f in F7f9.

 

 

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