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Post by OCTO » Wed Sep 12, 2018 1:30 pm

Firends,
How to change the font and size of note inserts in the Expression tool from the drop menu?
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Post by michelp » Wed Sep 12, 2018 1:35 pm

Uncheck "Use Tempo Marks Category Fonts", select the note in the text sequence and use the font popup menu to redefine its font and its size.
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Post by OCTO » Wed Sep 12, 2018 1:50 pm

michelp wrote:Uncheck "Use Tempo Marks Category Fonts", select the note in the text sequence and use the font popup menu to redefine its font and its size.
Thank you.
That is known to me, but I would like to edit the dropdown menu.
Accidentals can be changed globally, but I don't see how it can be done with note values.
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Post by Peter Thomsen » Wed Sep 12, 2018 3:04 pm

As Far As I Can Tell, the note insert font is the category’s Music Font.
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Post by OCTO » Wed Sep 12, 2018 7:37 pm

I wold like to use GNU FreeSerif for that purpose.
A wonderful font.
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Post by Peter Thomsen » Wed Sep 12, 2018 8:29 pm

OCTO wrote:I wold like to use GNU FreeSerif for that purpose.
A wonderful font.
I am afraid I do not know the font GNU FreeSerif.

What happens if you choose GNU FreeSerif as the category’s Music Font?
Does that give you the desired note inserts?

It might be a matter of the font having the note symbols located in the right font slots (= where a Music Font has them):
Eighth note in slot #101 (type an ‘e’),
Half note in slot #104 (type an ‘h’),
Quarter note in slot #113 (type a ‘q’),
&c.
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Post by OCTO » Wed Sep 12, 2018 9:38 pm

Peter Thomsen wrote:
OCTO wrote:I wold like to use GNU FreeSerif for that purpose.
A wonderful font.
I am afraid I do not know the font GNU FreeSerif.

What happens if you choose GNU FreeSerif as the category’s Music Font?
Does that give you the desired note inserts?

It might be a matter of the font having the note symbols located in the right font slots (= where a Music Font has them):
Eighth note in slot #101 (type an ‘e’),
Half note in slot #104 (type an ‘h’),
Quarter note in slot #113 (type a ‘q’),
&c.
You can download it, it is completely free https://www.gnu.org/software/freefont/
No, the slots are somewhere about 4000, so these letters don't work.

I do it by simply creating one and than I make a duplicate of that Expression.
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