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Could not find "dotted quarter = quarter" symbol

Hello,
I thought the Swingdings font had it, but I could not find it there: the little symbol, placed above a system, indicating a tempo change.
In the specific case: dotted quarter equals quarter.
The Swingdings font has a few of these, but is there more, somewhere?
thanks, Rob.

Re: Could not find "dotted quarter = quarter" symbol

Reply #1 –
Try SwingText,  MusikTextSerif or MusicTextSans 
This uses MusikTextSerif :
Code: (nwc) [Select · Download]
!NoteWorthyComposer(2.5)
|Font|Style:User3|Typeface:"MusikTextSerif"|CharSet:2
|AddStaff|Name:"Staff"
|StaffProperties|EndingBar:Double
|Clef|Type:Treble
|Key|Signature:F#|Tonic:G
|Text|Text:"(Œ.=128)"|Font:User3|Pos:8|Placement:BestFitForward
|TimeSig|Signature:Common
|Note|Dur:Whole|Pos:0
!NoteWorthyComposer-End
 0.193	 rg_ZenTxt v1.0
Registered user since 1996
 

Re: Could not find "dotted quarter = quarter" symbol

Reply #2 –
Thanks Rick!

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Reply #3 –
Odd, though. In Page Setup, I could not select MusikTextSerif.
Editing the .nwctxt file proved to be no problem, so it works - but why didn't I see the font in the dialog?

Re: Could not find "dotted quarter = quarter" symbol

Reply #4 –
If it is not in the dialog, the font is most likely not installed. Editing nwctxt at the "|Font|Style:" level will bypass this. The font won't be installed, but you may have gotten lucky and Windows substituted a similar font.
Font substitution is mostly a mystery to me.
Registered user since 1996

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Reply #5 –
Are the "musik*" fonts installed with NWC or did they come with Windows?  I didn't know they were there until this thread.
Since 1998

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Reply #6 –
They're part of Lawrie's font suite. They're not installed by the NWC installer, but I think they're now on the distribution disk.

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Reply #7 –
Quote from: William Ashworth –
I think they're now on the distribution disk.
Hard to know as I've not seen the 2.5 distro CD. Some files installed from the older CD's are out of date.

I would try here: Lawrie Pardy's Font Pack for NoteWorthy Composer
Registered user since 1996

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Reply #8 –
I could not select the font from within Noteworthy... Ah well, as we say in Mixed Language Style:

"Reboot, immer gut" and Hey Presto! Now I can select the font. Problem solved.
I probably installed Lawrie's fonts while Noteworthy was open, horsed a bit around with NWC-files... Now all is Fine, Dandy & ThenSome.

By the way: which is a good font editor? XP's built-in eudcedit (works in Vista and Windows 7 as well) works, but only on Unicode fonts. Nice to have but no good for Noteworthy.
I am now going to try some SourceForge-stuff, but does anyone have a good recommendation?

Re: Could not find "dotted quarter = quarter" symbol

Reply #9 –
Quote from: Rob den Heijer –
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By the way: which is a good font editor? XP's built-in eudcedit (works in Vista and Windows 7 as well) works, but only on Unicode fonts. Nice to have but no good for Noteworthy.
I am now going to try some SourceForge-stuff, but does anyone have a good recommendation?
FWIW I use "Font Creator" - I pretty much stumbled upon it when I was looking for a good tool to create my suites - I bought the Pro version and consider it worth every cent for the purpose.  It is capable of far more than I use it for.

For me, the biggest selling point was its ease of use.
I plays 'Bones, crumpets, coronets, floosgals, youfonymums 'n tubies.

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Reply #10 –
To see "youfonymums" early in the morning brings a huge grin to my face.
Yes, I had noticed your signature before, but it't still good.

And thanks for the recommendation.