Sigler Music Fonts Swing Font Set For Windows

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1 Sigler Music Fonts Swing Font Set For Windows Thank you for purchasing the Swing Font Set by Sigler Music Fonts. By the time you read this, you should have already run the file Swingfont.exe which decompresses the fonts and accompanying files onto your hard drive. Assuming you ve already done this, just install the fonts onto your system, (see instructions on Installing Fonts below), then copy the libraries into your Finale\Library directory, and you're ready to go. For an explanation of Finale Libraries, see the section on libraries below. Be sure to load the accompanying Finale libraries into any new Finale documents when using this font so that the stems will line up with the note heads, etc... (again, libraries are explained below.) WITHOUT LOADING THESE LIBRARIES YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO ACCESS THINGS SUCH AS ARTICULATIONS, CHORD SYMBOLS, TEXT EXPRESSIONS, AND MANY OTHER MUSICAL SYMBOLS UNIQUE TO THE SWING FONT. Following is an explanation of the 5 fonts and the 9 accompanying libraries. The Fonts: 1. Swing: This is the MUSIC font. It contains all the characters needed for music notation, such as note heads, accidentals, articulations, and more. Be sure to load the accompanying libraries into your Finale documents when using this font (Swing Document Settings.lib, Swing Articulations.lib, Swing Dynamics.lib and Swing Rehearsal Letters.lib). All of the document information needed to use this font is in these libraries. (See the explanation of the libraries below). 2. SwingCord: This is the CHORD SUFFIX font. It contains characters that make up entire chord suffixes as well as the letters used to denote the chord symbol. Time has been taken to piece all of the suffixes together [Cmi7(b5)] within the characters of the font itself in order to give them a more hand written look. However, in case you desire to create your own suffixes, I have broken them down into smaller pieces [b, #, 3, 5, 9, (#11), (b5), etc...]. These suffixes are also intelligent in that they are fully transposable in Finale just like your own chord suffixes. You can load the libraries, Swing Chord Suffixes 1.lib and Swing Chord Suffixes 2.lib, which have all of the suffixes, or you can create your own libraries. Note that the two libraries are identical except for the way the in which major and minor symbols are notated. In the first library, major is notated with a triangle and minor with a dash. In the second library, major is written as MA and minor is MI. Choose a library based on your preference. *Troubleshooting Tip* Be sure to select SwingCord as your chord symbol and chord accidental font. If you don t, Finale will display the accidentals incorrectly. If you at any time switch the Default Music Font in your Finale file, it also switches the chord accidental font, so be aware that you will have to go back and change the chord accidental font back to SwingCord (Size 18). To change chord symbol fonts This entry provides a quick way to change the font and size of the chord symbols and suffixes in your entire piece. 1) To change the font for the chord-symbol letter name, choose Select Default Fonts from the Options menu. The Select Default Fonts dialog box appears. 2) Click Symbol. The Font dialog box appears. You re about to choose a typeface for the root portion of all chord symbols in the piece that is, the C portion of Cmaj7. 3) Make your type style selection; then click OK twice. 3. SwingText: This is the TEXT font. The selection of bracket characters makes this font special. You can use these brackets for enclosures, such as boxes for rehearsal letters or numbers. You can also make brackets over the top and/or bottom of any text expression. The library Swing Rehearsal Letters.lib uses this font. See the character maps for your choices of brackets and their keystrokes. Swing Font Set for Windows Pg. 1

2 3. SwingText Extended This font identical to the SwingText font, only instead of the bracket characters, it contains the extended characters that are used in text containg international letters such as: ÃÄÅÆÇÈ Éʪ«ËÌÍÎ ±²ÏÐÑÒ Ôµ ¹ÕÖ ØÙ»ÛoÜÝÞß¼½¾ m}à àâ 4. SwingPerc: This font can be used for percussion parts. It contains percussion symbols. The Libraries: Libraries are sets of musical symbols, expression markings, and other important musical elements that are stored on your hard drive. They end with the.lib extension. They come with Finale and are installed onto your hard drive when you install Finale. They can be loaded into Finale files. To Load The Libraries: In Finale, go to the File menu and select Open Library. This is the command for importing libraries (files containing various symbols, markings, and other musical elements that are stored separately and can be "loaded into" any Finale file). Load the specified library (set of special symbols or settings) into the active file by selecting one of the libraries A Finale file with no libraries loaded will seem stripped-down, because each time you open a selection dialog box (to place an articulation or chord symbol, for example), it will be empty. That's why the Default.ftm file has already been loaded with the Swing libraries so you can begin work immediately. Having to load the Swing Libraries can be avoided by using either the default.ftm file that came with the Swing Font or (if you purchased them) by using one of the Swing templates. An Explanation of Libraries: 1. Swing Document Settings: This is the most important library for use of the music font. out it you might just see a bunch of notes, stems and flags, none of which are lined up. It also contains additional DOCUMENT information, which you can change in the Options menu in Finale. This library will change many aspects of your document, some of which you may not want changed, so before loading this library, make sure you re aware of what you re changing. Basically, everything under the Options menu is affected. 2. Swing Articulations: This is the ARTICULATION library. It contains items such as staccatos, accents, housetops, falls and glissandos. These characters are all contained in the Swing font. 3. Swing Dynamics: This TEXT EXPRESSION library contains dynamics such as mezzo forte (mf) and doublepiano (pp). This was created so that you don't have to go find the characters when creating your own library. Also included are three different sizes of crescendos and decrescendos. 4. Swing Rehearsal Letters: This is a rehearsal letter library. It contains rehearsal letters from A to Z, all of which are enclosed in a box. This is a TEXT EXPRESSION library. 5. Swing Measure Rests: This is a SHAPES library, which contains a multi-measure rest shape that I like to use. You may want to use your own shape. 6. Swing Chord Suffixes 1: This is the CHORD SUFFIX library that goes with the Swing Chord font. You can use this library or create your own. 7. Swing Chord Suffixes 2: This is the same as the Swing Chord Suffixes 1.lib with the exception of the major and minor notation, as explained above. 8. Swing Text Repeats: This contains all of the TEXT REPEATS, such as D.S. al coda, etc. These expressions are complete with brackets. 9. Swing Music Spacing: This contains the note spacings that I use. Swing Font Set for Windows Pg. 2

3 The Swing font: Explanation of characters -MÓÞÒ.5U Flags These are the choices of flags you can use in the character selection dialogue box. They are designed to fit in with the old as well as the new way that Finale uses flags. To change the character assignment for a flag Choose Music Characters from the Document Settings submenu of the Options menu. The Music Characters dialog box appears. From the Flags drop-down list, choose the flag element whose character you want to change, then click Select. See the figure for reference. ; [ Second Upstem Flag First Upstem Flag First Downstem Flag Second Downstem Flag When you click Select, the Symbol Selection dialog box appears containing every available character in the font. (To change the font whose characters you re viewing, choose Select Default Fonts from the Options menu and click the Set Default Music Font button.) Double-click the replacement character. Whichever character you select will now appear at every occurrence of a flag in this document. Click OK (or press enter). hjbcfg Hairpin Dynamics These are crescendos and decrescendos. Use them as score expressions in place of smart shapes if you desire. These shapes will be loaded into your file as text expressions when you load the Swing Dynamics.lib. These shapes are not stretchable like regular smart shape-type crescendos and decrescendos. They can be moved, but not stretched. To use the special hairpin dynamics 1. First, load the Swing Dynamics.lib into your file. This library contains common dynamic markings as well as the hairpin dynamics shown above. (If you are using the default.ftm that came with the Swing Fonts, or any of the Swing Templates, this library will already be loaded). See the section on loading libraries above for instructions on loading this library. 2. Select the desired hairpin dynamic from the Score Expression Selection dialog box. How to get there Click the Score Expression Tool, and click a measure. (If the measure already has a Score Expression attached, click again.) This dialog box also appears when you re programming a Score Expression Metatool: while pressing shift, press a number or letter key. Swing Font Set for Windows Pg. 3

4 What it does This dialog box displays a palette of Score Expressions that make up the Swing Dynamics.lib. If the DEFAULT.FTM file is in place, the Swing libraries will be loaded,and this dialog box will display a selection of common dynamic Text Expressions. From this dialog box you can select one of the dynamic expressions, including any of the crescendos and decrescendos. The number in the top left corner of each item lists the slot number for the item. This can be handy if you have the option of typing in the slot number in a dialog box instead of scrolling through the selection dialog box. Occasionally, a character in parenthesis appears in the top right corner of an item in the selection dialog box. This character indicates the Metatool assigned to the item. Drum Notation These are some extra notehead shapes that can be used for drum parts. These particular characters can be found in both the Swing and SwingPerc fonts. To change the shape of a notehead 1. Click the Special Tools Tool, and click the measure in question. 2. Click the Note Shape Tool. A handle appears on each notehead. 3. Double-click the handle of the notehead you want to change. The Symbol Selection dialog box appears, displaying every character in the music font. 4. Double-click the desired replacement notehead shape. To restore the notehead to its original shape, click its handle and press delete. Swing Font Set for Windows Pg. 4

5 ³ Slash Notation Note that these two characters are identical. They are in fact replicas of the slash marks used in chord changes. However, when you select them as the noteheads in the toolbox, they each serve a different function. The first one is set up in the stem connections dialogue box to have no stem. This is so that you can have a slash in the middle of a measure with normal notation, as in rhythm section parts. The second is set to have a stem, so you can have slashes AND alternate notation in the same bar, depending on which one of them you select as the substitute notehead. To create alternate notation and slash notation in the same bar 1. First, load the Swing Document Settings.lib into your file. This library contains the document settings with the proper stem connections for mixing slash and alternate notation. (If you are using the default.ftm that came with the Swing Fonts, or any of the Swing Templates, this library will already be loaded). See the section on loading libraries above for instructions on loading this library. 2. Click the Special Tools Tool, and click the measure in question. 3. Click the Note Shape Tool. A handle appears on each notehead. 4. Select the notes you want to change to slash marks by click-dragging over them. (These notes must be entered on the middle line of the staff, or the B line in treble clef. Also, if there is an accidental attached to the note, it will remain there after you switch the notehead. So, for example, if the key signature has flats, enter a Bb). 5. Press enter to bring up the Symbol Selection dialog box and select character # 208 for the notehead shape. This will turn the noteheads into slashes while removing the stems. Swing Font Set for Windows Pg. 5

6 6. Choose Select or press Enter to exit the dialog box. The first two quarter-note heads should now be slashes. (To mix slash notation with rhythmic notation) 7. Select the notes you want to change to rhythmic notation by click-dragging over them. (These notes must be entered on the middle line of the staff, or the B line in treble clef. Also, if there is an accidental attached to the note, it will remain there after you switch the notehead. So, for example, if the key signature has flats, enter a Bb). 8. Press enter to bring up the Symbol Selection dialog box and select character # 209 for the notehead shape. This will give you the same shape as character # 208, only the stem will be attached to the notes. 9. Choose Select or press Enter to exit the dialog box. Now the selected noteheads will have the same shape as the slashes, only they will have stems connected to them. Your measure will look like this.. Swing Font Set for Windows Pg. 6

7 wq7 etc... Swing Articulations Most of the other shapes that you may not recognize, such as squiggly lines and arches are probably part of the large selection of Swing articulations. These include glissandos, falls. turns, bends, scoops, etc... To use the Swing Articulations 1. Click the Articulation Tool. Click on, above, or below any note. Or, to program a Metatool, press a letter or number key while pressing shift. This will bring up the Articulation Selection dialog box. 2. Select the desired articulation by clicking on the box containing it. The picture below shows the articulations available with the fonts in the Swing Font Set. Click the Select button or press enter. The articulation will appear attached to the note you originally clicked on. Swing Font Set for Windows Pg. 7

8 The SwingText font To use the enclosing brackets in the SwingText font 1. Click the Score Expression and click a measure. (If the measure already has an expression attached, click again; if you want to edit a text expression that s already in the score, double-click or ctrl-double-click its handle.) Click Create, or click a text expression and then click Edit. 2. In this dialog box, click on the Set Font button to select the font.. 3. Select SwingText as the font. The special enclosing characters, notehead characters and other special characters can only be used if the SwingText font is selected. Click OK or press Enter. 4. Type the expression you want to enclose in the Text Expression Designer dialog box. For this example we will create the expression +DUPRQ0XWH the enclosing brackets it will look like +ddudprqd0dxwhˆ. Keep in mind that there are several types of enclosing brackets. This example uses only one. Now that you ve typed the words Harmon Mute it s time to enter the enclosing brackets. Enclosing brackets are in one of two categories; end brackets and in-between brackets. End brackets belong at the beginning and the end of the expression, and in-between brackets belong in-between letters in the text. The in-between brackets fill in the space between the end brackets, or the beginning and the end of the text. Swing Font Set for Windows Pg. 8

9 5. Place the cursor at the beginning of the text, before the first letter. In this case, it s the letter H. While holding down the ALT key, type the numbers This will give you the first, or leftmost, bracket of the enclosed text. (We know the keystrokes for this character from looking at the explanation of special characters below). In the dialog box, your expression will now look like this: 6. Now place the cursor at the end of the expression (or after the letter e ) and, while holding down the ALT key, type Now the words Harmon Mute will have brackets on either end, but they will be unconnected in the middle. The expression, if left alone, will look like this: +DUPRQ0XWHˆ. 7. To fill in the space in between the two end brackets, you simply need to insert the middle bracket character in between the remaining letters of the text. Place the cursor between the H and the a and while holding down the ALT key, type Type the same character between all of the remaining letters of the text. In the dialog box, your expression will now look like this: 8. Click OK or press Enter 3 times to close the remaining dialog boxes. The expression you just created will appear in your Finale document as + D U P R Q d 0 X WHˆ. Practice creating other expressions using different shapes. Experiment using different lengths of end brackets and in-between characters. Note that if you use longer brackets in between letters, you don t have to enter them between every single letter in the text. My favorite enclosing brackets are c7khvhe. This expression doesn t even require an in-between bracket because the length of the end brackets cover the distance from end to end. Swing Font Set for Windows Pg. 9

10 The Swingtext font: Explanation of Special Characters and their Keystrokes Below is a list of the special characters in the SwingText font and their keystrokes. The primary special characters in the text font are brackets and musical notes. Use the in-between brackets for longer words or extended phrases. Character: Keystroke: Other notes: > [ in between bracket is ] Example:>+?D?UiP RQ 0X?WH@ ^ { in between bracket isalt 0124 ` } Example:c6RORe this is a lone bracket used for extremely short a Shift ` encasing such as the number 1 encased in brackets. Example:a` c ALT 0128 in between bracket is ALT 0129 e ALT 0130 Example:c6ROdRdQGd7LPdH2QO\e hi ALT 0133 in between bracket isalt 0134 j ALT 0135 Example:h7DiNiH5iHiSHDiWiRiQ'6j y ALT 0150 in between bracket isalt 0151 { ALT 0152 Example:y6~WDUzW~~+HzUzH{ } ALT 0154 in between bracket isalt 0155 ALT 0156 Example:}'6~D~O)LQH ALT 0157 in between bracket isalt 0158 ALT 0159 Example: V W 7 L P H 2 QO\ ALT 0160 in between bracket isalt 0161 ALT 0162 Example: 5H SHD W IRU 6RO RV 7KH Q' 6 DO)LQHš ALT 0163 in between bracket isalt 0164 ˆ ALT 0165 Example: ) L Q Hˆ Swing Font Set for Windows Pg. 10

11 Character: Keystroke: Other notes: ALT 0166 in between bracket isalt 0167 ALT 0168 ([DPSOH ŠUGŠ&KŠRŠUXVˆ ALT 0175 in between bracket isalt 0176 ALT 0177 Example: V W ; ALT 0178 in between bracket isalt 0179 ALT 0180 Example: 5 HSH D W)R U 6RORV ALT 0181 in between bracket isalt 0182 š ALT 0183 Example: 5 HSH D W)R U 6RORVš ª ALT 0199 in between bracket isalt 0200 ALT 0201 Example:ª5«HSH«D«W)R«U«6RORV ALT 0203 in between bracket isalt 0204 ALT 0205 Example: ± ALT 0206 in between bracket isalt 0207 ³ ALT 0208 Example:±²³ ALT 0209 in between bracket isdovralt 0207 ALT 0211 Example: ² ALT 0192 (for small case g ) Example: JDVLQ^d6WU_D?L JµK_W_(?L JµK_W_KV` ALT 0193 (for small case j ) Example: MDVLQª/DW_LQ MD]] ALT 0194 (for small case p ) Example: SDVLQ^ _5H SµHDWe ALT 0195 (for small case q ) Example: TDVLQ 3_OD \ TµX_D_UdWHUdQRWHV ALT 0196 (for small case y ) Example: \DVLQ µ.?zh \µe_r_dug ALT 0170 Ž ALT 0171 Example: %DUV or... ŽŽŽŽ ALT 0172 Swing Font Set for Windows Pg. 11

12 Character: Keystroke: Other notes: l ALT 0137 Example:l m ALT 0138 Example:m n ALT 0139 Example:n o ALT 0140 Example:np p ALT 0141 Example:p q ALT 0142 Example:q p Shift 3 g ALT 0132 k ALT 0136 Ú ALT 0247 **NOTES** When using the small case brackets ( ) they should precede the letter they are encasing. Also, the character ALT 210 should µalways follow the letter. Example: ALT 0196, y, ALT 0210, or \µwould look like next letter. \µ, thus making room for the In general, use { and } for the ends and SHIFT + \ in between each letter. These characters look like ^, `, and _ respectively. This works for most situations. Example: { C l a r i n e t } or ^_&_O_D_U_L_Q_HW` will look like ^_&_O_D_U_L_Q_HW` Notice, however there is no _ character before the last letter t. This is so that the horizontal lines will not extend past the last enclosure. ^_&_O_D_U_L_Q_H_W_` Great time has been taken to get the fonts just right. However, please feel free to make suggestions on how to make them better. You can me at: rsigler@jazzfont.com And if you prefer snail-mail, the address is: Sigler Music Fonts 3705 Media Lane Bowie, MD Swing Font Set for Windows Pg. 12

13 Installing and Removing Fonts Installing PostScript fonts in Windows 3.x or higher with Adobe Type Manager 2.x Installing PostScript fonts in Windows requires that you have Adobe Type Manager (ATM) 2.0 or later versions. Windows 95 requires ATM 3.02 or later. ATM creates screen fonts from the PostScript outlines and allows you to print your PostScript fonts to any printer attached to your Windows computer. PostScript fonts in Windows consist of two parts, a.pfb file (PostScript Font Binary) and a.pfm file (PostScript Font Metrics). Both files are necessary. Make sure you have both of these files before proceeding. 1. Double click on the ATM Control Panel icon in the Program Manager to start it. 2. Click on the Add button. 3. Scroll the directories until you find the drive/directory containing your fonts 4. Double-click on the drive/directory to show the names of the fonts on the disks. 5. Select the fonts you want to install from the available fonts list. You can drag through the list to select multiple fonts. 6. Click the Add button to install your font(s). 7. Click the Exit button in the ATM Control Panel. ATM 2.0 will display a dialog asking you to restart Windows. 8. Press Restart Windows. If you didn t see this dialog, everything s OK; you re just using ATM 2.5 or later, so this doesn t apply to you. Your font is now installed. The font name will appear in the font menu in every application that has a font menu. Windows TrueType and.fon installation TrueType and.fon fonts for Windows consist of a single file with the extension.ttf (TrueType Font) or.fon. You must be running Windows 3.1 (or later versions) to use TrueType or.fon fonts, since no previous version of Windows has TrueType or.fon capability. Note: If you are installing both a.ttf and a.fon, you must install the.ttf first. Installing TrueType and.fon fonts in Windows 3.1 or later versions 1. Open the Windows Control Panel by double-clicking on its icon. 2. Open the fonts panel by double-clicking on its icon. 3. Click on the Add button. The Add Fonts panel appears. 4. Choose the appropriate disk drive from the Drives list. 5. Choose the appropriate directory from the Directories list. 6. Select the names of the fonts you want to install from the List of Fonts or click Select All. 7. Click OK to install your font(s). The Add Fonts panel closes. Your font is now installed. The font name will appear in the font menu in every application that has a font menu. Installing TrueType Fonts in Windows 95/98 1. Open the Windows 95 control panel by double-clicking on its icon or trace from the start button. Inside the control panel you ll see a fonts folder that lists all of the.ttf fonts currently installed on the system. 2. Select Install New Font from the File menu to bring up the Add Fonts dialog box. You ll see three windows labeled List of Fonts, Folders. And Drives to help you in locating the fonts to be installed. 3. Click on the active folder in the Folders window (it should show the default Win95 directory). Clicking on this folder brings you back to the root directory, C:. 4. Scroll down until you see the folder containing the font(s) you want to install and click on that folder. The fonts will now display by the name in the List of Fonts window directly above the Folders. 5. Be sure that the Copy fonts to folder box is checked. 6. Select the fonts you want to install, or click on Select All, and the fonts will be copied into the Windows 95 system fonts folder. You can look in the fonts folder to verify that everything copied okay and you re done. Swing Font Set for Windows Pg. 13

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19 Frequently Asked Questions Is the Swing font a PostScript or TrueType font? The Swing fonts come in both TrueType and PostScript. If I attempt to utilize the Swing fonts in other arenas, will they work, or will they only work in finale? At this time the Swing font is only compatible with a hand-full of other music notation software besides Finale. While the fonts were designed for use with Finale, they re just like any other font and can be used in many other arenas, such as word processing, or graphic design programs. I m worried that if install the Swing font as the default font, I ll lose the ability to use the Petrucci font. First, let me say that when you switch the default music font in a Finale file (file is another word for piece of music), the font you select to be the default music font WILL REPLACE the original default font. Of course, you can always switch back easily, or you can save different templates that each have their own default music fonts in memory, and use whichever one suits your needs. Now, with this in mind, you can individually select fonts for many aspects of the music, such as clef, time signature, noteheads, key signature, etc... just about any aspect you can think of can have it s own font specification. Here s how to switch the default font. 1. In the menu at the top of the Finale window, select Options/Select Default Fonts... I m assuming you have a basic knowledge of how to use menu driven programs. (If not, don t bother reading any further, we will probably be better off with a phone call.) 2. On your screen will appear a dialog box titled Select Default Fonts. 3. Click on the button called Set Default Music Font In the new box that appears on your screen, find Swing by scrolling through the menu on the left side of the box. Hilight Swing by clicking on the word. The number 24 should already appear in the area that says Size. That s the point size of the font. Make sure it says Click OK to exit the box. Click OK again to exit the Select Default Fonts dialog box. 6. Now, this last step is strange, but may be necessary, depending on your system. If the result of these steps leaves your screen looking like a bunch of gibberish made out of some sort of symbol font, you will need to do the following before the Swing Font will appear properly on your screen. a) Save the file, b) Close the file, and c) re-open the file. Everything should appear normally on your screen now. This is apparently due to some sort of glitch in the programming of Finale... If you want to use the Swing Font simultaneously with Petrucci or some other font. 1. Repeat steps 1 and 2 from above. 2. In the Select Default Fonts dialog box you will see all kinds of different buttons representing many aspects of a piece of music. For example, click on the box to the right of the word Notation. You will see a drop down list of some of these aspects. So, for example, if you have already selected Swing as your default music font, but would like to use Petrucci for the Clef, just hilight the word Clef from the drop-down menu, and then click on the button directly to the right that says Set Font Again select Swing (size 24) and click OK twice to return to the page of music. It s that simple. One more thing about creating templates. You can save any file that you are working on and use it as a template. So, once you get all the settings the way you want them, just save it as Swing Template 1 or whatever, and then use this file each time you start a new project. Of course, you can create and save many different templates if you want to use different settings for different files. Swing Font Set for Windows Pg. 19

20 I'm using Coda Finale V3.0.4 for Macintosh and I m having difficulty swapping fonts with Data Check. Any suggestions? If you are using Finale 3.2x or less: 1. Go into the Options menu and select Data Check. In the Data Check dialogue box select Switch Default Font. When prompted to select the new default font, select Swing 24. Exit out of all the remaining dialogue boxes. 2. Again, enter the Data Check dialogue box. This time select Swap One Font For Another. When prompted to select the first font, you will notice two fonts named Swing; one at the very top of the font list and another one listed in alphabetical order. Select the font listed in alphabetical order first-swing 24 (in the middle of the font list). Click OK. In the next dialogue box, simply select the Swing 24 at the top of the list. Exit the dialogue boxes. If you are using Finale 3.5 or higher: Go into the Options menu and choose Select Default Fonts. Simply select Swing 24 as the music font. Troubleshooting: For reasons unknown to me, switching the default font may require a third step. You may need to save, close and re-open the file in order to see the new font correctly on your screen. After I load the Swing Document library, when I go to page view I see nothing. I started with an empty (no libraries) file and every time I had the same problem. The reason for this is simple: In Finale, document settings libraries remember certain preferences, so that you don t have to load these preferences every time you open a new document. One of these preferences is called Special Part Extraction. Basically, this setting chooses whether or not your music shows up in page view. If you re not familiar with Special Part Extraction, you probably don t want it on. So here s how to get rid of it. In the edit menu, go to Special Part Extraction and de-select it if there is a check beside it. For more information on Special Part Extraction, refer to your Finale manual. When I load the Swing Dynamics Library, the middle size crescendo doesn t show up. I can t find the keystroke either. You probably have either an old Swing Dynamics library or an old version of the Swing font, or BOTH! To obtain the updated libraries, you may download them from the Jazz Font web site: Are the crescendos smart shapes or fixed size? The crescendos are actually font characters, so they are fixed in size. There are three different sizes; short, medium and long, with the longest covering about a measure. You don't usually see long crescendos or decrescendos drawn out in jazz charts. When using the SwingCord font for chords, the accidentals are not showing up properly. You probably have the wrong font selected for chord accidentals. Make sure you are using the SwingCord font. This is because the accidentals are located in a different place than in the Swing Font. If you desire to use another font for chord accidentals, you can select the characters you wish to use in the Options/Select Default Fonts.../Cord Accidentals... menu. Swing Font Set for Windows Pg. 20

21 Multi-measure rests show up on screen, but don t print. This problem is usually solved by selecting Print TrueType fonts as graphics in your printer setup. If this doesn t do the trick, your problem may be related to the printer driver. It's possible that the current printer driver is an older version (or in some cases, a newer version that doesn't work as well as the older one). Sorry I don't have any specifics on your setup, but I would say start with contacting your printer dealer and see if there is an updated version of the printer driver, and if you already have the most recent version, try an older version. Sometimes newer software has certain bugs that the older doesn't have. You might even be able to down load the driver you need from your on line service. When using the SwingCord font, I am unable to edit the chords -- No handles appear for editing. The reason no handles appear for editing is that each suffix in the library is actually a character from the font. Editing one of these suffixes would be like trying to edit the letter A. To work around this, you can create your own chord suffixes using individual characters form the font. All of the letters, and punctuation you need are also included in the font. Does loading in a document library or allotment library replace the settings that were already there, or add to them? It replaces them. After I install the fonts and select Swing as the default font, what I get is gibberish. Go into the Options menu and choose Select Default Fonts. Simply select Swing 24 as the music font. Troubleshooting: For reasons unknown to me, switching the default font may require a third step. You may need to save, close and re-open the file in order to see the new font correctly on your screen. When I tried to make your enclosed rehearsal letter A a score expression which would only show up (on the score) on the lead alto/tpt./bone/parts, it would always show up on EVERY line on the score. I know I m doing the right steps, because this is something I ve done in over twenty other scores. Any clues as to why this would happen? It appears that the option Display Expressions For Extracted Parts is selected in your version of the Document Settings library. There are two things you need to do to fix this. One is to select the staff tool and click on a staff to open the Staff Attributes dialog box. Under Items to Display, make sure Score Expressions is not selected. Second, go to the Options/Document Settings/Document Options... and uncheck the box that says Display Expressions for Extracted Parts. Now your score expressions will only show up where you specify. Why do the ties appear differently than normal. Is there a spacing tweak that you ve applied in the Swing Default File, which I m not aware of? I have tweaked some of the PostScript options in an attempt to make the ties look more hand written. If you wish to change these settings or delete them all together, you can do so in the Options/Document Settings/PostScript Options... Swing Font Set for Windows Pg. 21

22 I'm using Swing font in Finale and my tuplets have no brackets.. I've tried changing the tuplet visual definition (option click on tuplet tool) to no avail. HELP!! This is because in the default file that accompanies the Swing Font, the Default Tuplet Definition is set for tuplets without brackets. To change these settings, go to the Default Tuplet Visual Definition dialog box and adjust the settings to your liking. While in Page View, the music does not appear on the screen, yet it does while in Scroll View. This is because you have Special Part Extraction selected. To fix this, go to the Edit menu and deselect Special Part Extraction. The key signatures print a 4th too high. (Bb winds up on the Eb space, etc.) I installed and copied everything as per your instructions for the 'Windows' version. Any suggestions? Problem = Screen accidentals are transposed up a P4; print is garbled unless you select "Print TTF as graphic" under print options. Solution = If you're using the Adobe Type Manager: try disabling the "use bitmap" option. If that doesn't work then disable the ATM altogether and add the line "FontScaleMode=1" under the settings heading in your "finale.ini" file. (0 = Finale sizes bitmaps, 1 = Windows scales bitmaps, 2 = Windows substitutes closest TTF) Some of this is detailed in the readme file in Finale. What size do you recommend for chord suffixes? I recommend size 18, though some people like their suffixes a little larger. If I try to put alternate bass note under (not slash) the chord I an inch of space between the bass note and the chord. This is because some of the characters in the SwingCord font have unusually high vertical coordinates. You can work around this by selecting SwingText as your Chord Symbol font instead of SwingCord. It s basically the same font, only without all the suffixes, so you can just use SwingCord for the suffixes and SwingText for the Chord Symbols. I noticed that your articulations and dynamics libraries did not seem to affect playback. For example, forte, piano, etc. do not affect velocity. Also, some of the articulations are not smart in that they do not flip automatically depending on the direction of the stem. You have an older version of the articulation library. You can either change the settings in the articulations yourself or you can download the updated library from our web site: One other thing you can do is to load the articulation library that comes with Finale and then change the default music font to Swing. This will change all the articulations over to the Swing Font with all the playback options intact. After finishing a brass septet swing arrangement I was able to get all elements to look handwritten except for two: the left staff bracket and the tuplet bracket. Both of those brackets still look "too perfect" and to me, it would be desirable to have a more crafted look. Did I overlook any method to achieve a handwritten look to brackets? These two elements are controlled by Finale and are not affected by the Swing font. Swing Font Set for Windows Pg. 22

23 Is there a keymap available with all the characters and their keystroke equivalents available? Yes. You can download this file from our web site: Is there a way to get rid of the parentheses around the common-time symbol? Yes. Go to the Options/Document Settings/Time Signature Options... menu and click on the Select... button next to where it says Abbreviate Common Time to. You want to select character # 100 rather than #99. I have your font and it looks lovely. I am having trouble with the multimeasure rest. I am using shape number one. It comes out as a diagonal line. Can you help? First, load in the Swing Rest library. Next go to Options/Document Settings/Multimeasure Rest... For the shape, next to the Shape... button, change the number to '0', then click on the Select... button. You will see the choices of shapes to choose from. Double click on the desired shape to select it, and your ready to extract the parts. The shape you selected will appear as the multimeasure rest in the extracted parts. When I try to print a Finale document, I get an error message saying not enough memory or something to that effect. This occurs particularly when trying to print documents using the SwingCord font. You probably don t have enough printer memory. The SwingCord font in particular is a rather large font, and when your computer tries to download the fonts to the printer, it is running out of memory. Chances are, if your printer has only a couple of megabytes of RAM, that won t be enough. You will have to upgrade to 4 or 5 megs. Swing Font Set for Windows Pg. 23