Polish letters in lyrics

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Polish letters in lyrics

2013-04-07 07:55 pm

Hello everybody. I need to write a Gorecki's song in Polish. How to write the special letters like ę ł ć ś ź ż ą in the lyrics ? They appear in the word processor but desapear in the score. Thanks in advance.

Re: Polish letters in lyrics

Reply #1 – 2013-04-07 08:30 pm

Code: (nwc) [Select · Download]

!NoteWorthyComposer(2.5)
|Font|Style:StaffLyric|Typeface:"Arial"|Size:14|CharSet:238
|Font|Style:User1|Size:14|CharSet:238
|AddStaff|Name:"Staff"
|StaffProperties|EndingBar:Open (hidden)|Lines:1
|Lyrics|Align:Standard Rules
|Lyric1|Text:"ê ³ æ œ Ÿ ¿ ¹\r\n"
|Text|Text:"ê ³ æ œ Ÿ ¿ ¹"|Font:User1|Pos:9
|Note|Dur:4th|Pos:-1
|Note|Dur:4th|Pos:-1
|Note|Dur:4th|Pos:-1
|Note|Dur:4th|Pos:-1
|Note|Dur:4th|Pos:-1
|Note|Dur:4th|Pos:-1
|Note|Dur:4th|Pos:-1
!NoteWorthyComposer-End

Re: Polish letters in lyrics

Reply #2 – 2013-04-07 08:45 pm

To clarify (maybe) the Rick hint: the core is all in the "|CharSet:238"

Re: Polish letters in lyrics

Reply #3 – 2013-04-07 09:07 pm

Thank you very much. I don't understand why but it works. I never use *.nwctext.

Re: Polish letters in lyrics

Reply #4 – 2013-04-07 09:16 pm

You don't need to use nwctxt - that's just a way of putting the info here.

Go to Page set up, Fonts.

Modify the font and then select the Script as Central European.

This will have the characters you need and will be the same as the nwctxt that Rick posted here.

Re: Polish letters in lyrics

Reply #5 – 2013-04-07 09:17 pm

Quote from: jg – 2013-04-07 09:07 pm

I don't understand why but it works.

It has to do with code pages, a great mystery ...
FWIW, here is the code page for 'Central European': http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/goglobal/cc305143
Microsoft calls it 'Windows 1250'. Rich Text Format (rtf) designates it as '\fcharset238'. Go figure.

Re: Polish letters in lyrics

Reply #6 – 2013-04-07 09:36 pm

I did that. I put central european, arial. But if I paste ę in the word processor, I don't see it in the score. How to know that "ê ³ æ œ Ÿ ¿ ¹" will give polish letters ?

Re: Polish letters in lyrics

Reply #7 – 2013-04-07 09:53 pm

Quote from: jg – 2013-04-07 09:36 pm

How to know that "ê ³ æ œ Ÿ ¿ ¹" will give polish letters ?

I don't know a polish letter from a dingbat, but if you set one of the user fonts the same as the lyric font as I did in the example above, you can use the 'Char Map...' button in the Text Command to insert what you need. Then just copy/paste it to the Lyrics.

Re: Polish letters in lyrics

Reply #8 – 2013-04-08 05:45 am

I think I understand. Thanks.