Glissando downwards

[jose oscar]

In the last measure I'd like to put Glissando downwards direction for the right hand and indicate it with an arrow.
And the contrary for the left hand of the Piano.

I appreciate your help

Finale 25.4/Windows 10[attachment=1]Finaleforum Glissando opposite direction.jpg

[motet]

Make a custom SmartShape by duplicating the wavy line and adding an arrow as the endpoint.

[miker]

The Bravura font contains both upwards and downwards arpeggios. As articulations, they can't be resized, but that may not be an issue. You can get the Barvura font (free) here: https://www.smufl.org/fonts/

An app like PopChars will help finding the characters. https://ergonis.com/popchar

Screenshot 2023-06-25 at 10.44.02 AM.jpg (16.02 KiB) Viewed 2142 times

[motet]

The trouble with the SMuFL all-in-one font concept is you have to search through hundreds of oddball characters and foreign alphabets to find what you want.

I suppose you could use the standard Maestro arpeggio articulation, which is adjustable, and add a separate arrowhead on the end. I suspect the SmartShape is the easier, though.

[jose oscar]

Thank you very much, miker and motet,
I'll search on that page

[motet]

Never mind about the SmartShape. The built-in arrowhead choices are either minuscule or giant.

[motet]

Looks like EngraverTextT has three sizes of up and down:

[miker]

Looks like EngraverTextT has three sizes of up and down:

Even better!

[jose oscar]

motet , how did you arrive to the graphic you show, please?

[motet]

The graphic I posted or the Finale symbols? The latter are articulations I added, characters in the EngraverTextT font as I said.

[jose oscar]

motet,
I went to the Engraver Text Character Set. The glissandi with the arrows are there, I see them, but I cannot put them into the score.
How can you put them into the score?

FINALEFORUM 2 OPPOSITE GLISSANDI.musx

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[miker]

You have to create an expression using them. Go to Expressions > Miscellaneous, and choose “Create”. In the character map, each character has a keystroke combination, like “Shift-V.” Type that keystroke into the text window. Select that character, and in the Font window, choose Engraver Text. Adjust the size if necessary. Click OK, and it should now appear in the Expessions > Misc. window.

[motet]

Here's the file I used to make the picture above. Copy these two measures into your file, then clear them (NOT Undo) and the articulations will remain in the library of articulations.

[jose oscar]

Thank you very much for your time, miker and motet.
motet, I copied your file into mine and saved it for eventual use in the future. Thank you very much indeed