Special Symbols |
You can insert any symbol in Composer's True Type font, named Harmony, anywhere in the score. You may have another music software product that has a music font with symbols you like, or it may have symbols missing in Composer's Harmony font. You can also insert symbols from another music font set anywhere in the Composer score. To insert a music symbol from Composer's Harmony font anywhere in the score:
-- OR -- Type "%" (percent symbol) or "$" (the dollar sign), which are intended to suggest the idea of symbol. Composer will automatically enter Add Mode, and the mouse cursor will change to this shape:
Composer will display the Select Symbol dialog box: Initially, the Select Symbol dialog box shows all of the symbols available in Composer's Harmony font. You can look through all of the symbols for the one you want, but it is easier to narrow down search by selecting a Symbol Category.
The dialog box will then display only symbols for the category you have selected.
The symbol will be added where you had clicked the mouse in the score.
This procedure is just a different way of adding free text. In a free text object, you can mix ordinary text with one or more music symbols from Composer's Harmony font. The above procedure is somewhat faster, but is limited to adding one music symbol at a time, and that symbol must be in Composer's Harmony font. To add a symbol from another music font, you will need to add it as free text, as described below. To insert a music symbol from a music font other than Composer's Harmony font: We will illustrate this procedure using Composer's own Harmony font, as though it were some other music font.
Now the character is in the Windows clipboard, ready for insertion into the score.
-- OR -- Type SHIFT+F. Composer will automatically enter Add Mode, and the mouse cursor will change to this shape:
Composer will display a blinking text cursor.
At this point, it may not look like this works, because the symbol does not look correct.
-- OR -- Type CTRL+F. Composer will display the Select Font for Free Text dialog box.
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