If you choose not to use one of Finale’s
default fonts, Maestro or Broadway Copyist, you can substitute any other music font.
- Choose Document > Set Default
Music Font. The Font dialog box appears.
- 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.
- Choose Document > Data Check > Font Utilities. The Font Utilities dialog box appears.
- 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.
- To change chords, choose Document >
Document Options > Fonts. The Font options appear.
- Choose Chord > Symbol. Click Set Font
and choose JazzCord or the desired chord font.
- Click OK (or press ENTER) twice.
- Click the Chord tool
. The Chord menu
appears.
- Choose Chord > Change Chord Suffix
Fonts.
- 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.
- 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.
