changing chord suffix superscript to standard

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Post by ry1633 » Fri Jan 27, 2017 12:44 am

I converting from a Jazz chord font to a standard Maestro chord chord font. And I need to be able changing chord suffix superscript (as it is in the jazz font) to standard no superscript for the suffix. Looking high and lo for some kind of setting in the chord or doc settings menu, and haven't found it. (I'm in Finale 2014.5 also)


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Post by Jetcopy » Fri Jan 27, 2017 12:55 am

In the chord suffix editor DBX, there's a choice for "H" (horizontal placement) and "V" (vertical placement). If you want your chord suffixes to have a standard look, make sure the "V" setting is "0" for each character in the suffix.

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Post by ry1633 » Fri Jan 27, 2017 1:24 am

actually I should have been a tad clearer. Not sure if I'm referring to the suffix. I actually need to lower the flat symbol to the standard font position. In the jazz font the flat sign in a B-flat chord symbol looks like a superscript. In the standard Maestro font, the flat symbol is the same level as the chord letter and that's what I want to do.

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Post by Jetcopy » Fri Jan 27, 2017 3:45 pm

The vertical placement control of a flat in a chord symbol is found in:
document options/chords/chord alteration baseline adjustment.
Change the number, press apply until you get what you want.

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Post by ry1633 » Fri Jan 27, 2017 5:11 pm

great thanks - that was what I was looking for.

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Post by ry1633 » Sat Jan 28, 2017 4:56 am

along those same lines - how to I adjust the height of the number in a chord like an F7. That's a setting I haven't found yet.

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Post by Peter Thomsen » Sat Jan 28, 2017 6:35 am

ry1633 wrote:along those same lines - how to I adjust the height of the number in a chord like an F7. That's a setting I haven't found yet.
In the chord symbol F7 the number ‘7’ is a chord suffix.
You can edit it in the Chord Suffix Editor.
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