Copying and using an articulation as an expression

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George Holloway Posted February 03, 2022 11:26

Is there any way of accessing all the articulations and all the symbols stored in the various Finale fonts in such a way that it would be possible to copy one and save it as an expression? I want to use a quartertone sharp symbol in an expression. I can find it in the articulations, under "Stein-Zimmermann accidentals", and it even has what looks like a unicode above it (U+E282: is this unicode?) but I cannot find any way of importing or copying that symbol. It seems odd that the fonts seem rather inaccessilble: you cannot find them laid out in such a way that it would tell you how to *type* that symbol if need be, nor in such a way that you could simply copy and paste.

Any suggestions? Thanks!

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George Holloway Posted February 03, 2022 11:30

Ah, I seem to have found out how to do it. In the Expression designer, select the font which you know contains the symbol you want, and then in the Text drop-down menu choose Select Symbol.

MIKE ROSEN Posted February 03, 2022 17:13

George, you might look into PopChar, available for both Mac and Windows. It makes life much easier for finding and inserting symbols.

https://www.ergonis.com/products/popcharx/

Dave Cusick Posted February 03, 2022 19:25

George,

The method you have discovered is the intended way of doing this with SMuFL-based fonts. In any location where you need to insert a musical character (Expression, Articulation for ex.), you just need to set the desired font and then select the character from the Symbol Selection dialog box.

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