2 fonts for lyrics 1998-07-02 04:00 am Hi all,I'm looking for a solution to the following problem :When I have scores with many lyrics (let's say , I'd like that the 1, 3, 5, 7 be in straigt font, and the 2, 4, 6, 8 be in italic font. Has someone found a workaround ?TIA, Dominique P. Quote Selected
Re: 2 fonts for lyrics Reply #1 – 1998-07-02 04:00 am Hi Dominique,I don't know a direct workaround. I'm afraid it's back to what I used to do before we had user definable fonts, namely leave enough space between the staves (using Staff Properties - Vertical Size) and copy the page from Print Preview into a suitable Publishing program. Then add the lyrics 'manually' as required. It does have the advantage that you can emphasise particular sections, and it's not too bad once you get into it. Now that we've got user definable fonts, it's always worth putting the first line of lyrics in with NWC - it helps to get the slurs and ties correct.Hope this helps, Peter. Quote Selected
Re: 2 fonts for lyrics Reply #2 – 1998-07-02 04:00 am I would think that since fonts are connected to the staves, that you would have to add another staff and put the alternating verses underneath. It would look a little strange, or even confusing, with 1, 3, 5, and 7 under one staff and 2, 4, 6, and 8 under another.I would stick with numbering the verses. You could indent alternating verses with underline characters, if you think that would help.Otherwise, put it on the 'Wishlist' using the link on the title page of this website.KenJ Quote Selected
Re: 2 fonts for lyrics Reply #3 – 1998-07-02 04:00 am Nope.I was hoping to extend Ken's suggestion to use lyrics at the bottom of one staff and the top of the other, but realised that they'd still sue the same font anyway.How about doing Lyrics 1,3,5,7 as per normal, and then usinggood ol' ttext inserts for the rest? (Blechhh!)A Quote Selected
Re: 2 fonts for lyrics Reply #4 – 1998-07-02 04:00 am Peter, KenJ, Andrew, thanks for the replies ! So there is just one solution left : add a wish But still hesitate between a font per lyric line, or simply a checkbox named 'italic' ??P.S. Andrew, thanx for the news Cc:maillist !!! IT WORKS !!!! Dominique Quote Selected
Re: 2 fonts for lyrics Reply #5 – 1998-07-02 04:00 am I would vote for a button for italic or bold a la your typical word processor. Quote Selected
Re: 2 fonts for lyrics Reply #7 – 1998-07-02 04:00 am What if...Set your page margins to about 5 inches from the bottom in page setup. Preview and copy to clipboard. Paste into DTP. (desktop publisher/word processor)Make your page look like this:---- ---- (staves)---- -------- -------- ----.... .... (text).... .... .... .... .... .... Type out the text in your word processor under the staves. (marking chorus, and verse in your music). I got this idea from other thread.I don't want noteworthy to turn into a mini desktop publisher with all these text options you ask for; let them concentrate on getting drum trax, split trax, and the other musical stuff.X Quote Selected
Re: 2 fonts for lyrics Reply #8 – 1998-07-06 04:00 am I'm not sure the two are mutually exclusive. Text options could conceivably be implemented in such a way as to be available from any point you add text. Most italicized or bold text is done by adding a font with those characteristics (italic or bold) which are then used instead of the normal font (in fact most of the time involved is probably in font creation). If this font were in turn selectable it would be possible to add things like fingering or chord notation by adding a font that would be invoked by the italic or bold button and doing standard text inserts. Obviously, if these NWC files are shared then the fonts would have to be "freely" distributed :-) Quote Selected
Re: 2 fonts for lyrics Reply #9 – 1998-07-09 04:00 am > I can select my cyrillic font for the lyrics, but don't> see the appropriate characters in the lyrics menuGoto Tools, Options, Editor, and uncheck: Use light font in dialogsYou will now see the same font in the lyric editor as in the staff. Quote Selected
Re: 2 fonts for lyrics Reply #10 – 1998-07-09 04:00 am But what if I want to put in cyrillic (=russian) text?for instance for a russian folk song or something like thatI can select my cyrillic font for the lyrics, but don't seethe appropriate characters in the lyrics menu, virtuallyforcing me to type "blind" and going back and forth to the actual score to see if I made any mistakes.Tying in to the above discussion: I don't understand what is so hard in just invoking the fonts everyone already has onhis computer in windows, like all other windows programs do.Just my 0.02 Quote Selected