.Engraver slurs avoid collisions with stems, beams, noteheads, “inside slur” articulations, and accidentals. Engraver slurs will make most of your slurs look perfect the first time, although nothing can completely replace an artistic judgement call from a human!
Font annotation is critical to proper functioning of Engraver slurs. If you’re using a MakeMusic font, such as Maestro or Jazz, we’ve already provided font annotation files. If you’re using a third-party font for your music font, you should obtain a font annotation file.
Because Engraver slurs depend heavily on the spacing of notes, they may appear slightly different between Page View and Scroll View. Many factors, such as locked measure systems, cause this difference. We recommend that you make final adjustments to Engraver slurs in Page View, as this is the view that will print.
Engraver slurs were new to SongWriter 2002. Any file created in SongWriter 2002 or later will use Engraver slurs. Files created in SongWriter 2001 or other earlier MakeMusic products will not use Engraver slurs, although you can use the Selection tool/Remove Manual Slur Adjustments command to convert your old slurs to Engraver slurs. You can also change individual slurs into Engraver slurs with the Smart Shape contextual menu command Remove Manual Slur Adjustments. Please note that some files may use a combination of Engraver and regular slurs.
Any manual edit to an Engraver slur will make it immune to Engraver slur settings. When frozen, Engraver slurs will no longer reshape to changes in the notes. Remove Manual Adjustments in the contextual menu or Utilities Menu will revert the slur to behaving like an Engraver slur or unfreeze the slur.
To restore slurs to their default positions or convert old slurs to Engraver slurs
.To edit Engraver slurs
See To move, reshape, or delete Smart Shape slurs.
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