How do I change the size of notation symbols?
Hi guys I'm having trouble understanding how to change the size of a breath mark. It looks pretty damn small by default and, weird enough, I could easily find out how to change THE COLOR of the symbol while I have no idea how to make it a tad bigger.
Can anybody help me out?
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You can't change the size of symbols. As a workaround, all symbols are in the special characters palette that you see when you press F2 while entering text. If you want the breath mark to cause a pause or force the extra space you can make it invisible, otherwise just delete it. Next, start to enter either staff text or system text and press F2, select the symbol and change the font size to what you like. You will need to select the symbol, I use ctrl+a to select the entire text before changing the font size. Press escape to exit text entry mode and then reposition the text to where you want it.
In reply to You can't change the size of… by mike320
thank you guys I figured it
Fake?
Ctrl+T add a text. By the text toolbar change the size...
In reply to Fake?… by Shoichi
Ehi sono italiano anch'io, scusa che intendi con fake?
In reply to Ehi sono italiano anch'io,… by Tony Marescalco
Un falso. Nell'allegato il simbolo dalla tavolozza è reso invisibile e sostituito come detto sopra con Ctrl+T
A fake. In the attachment the symbol from the palette is made invisible and substituted as mentioned above with Ctrl+T
The size of the breath mark should be pretty standard, but you can also switch to a different music font via Style / General to see if one of the other choices suits your tastes better.
In reply to The size of the breath mark… by Marc Sabatella
Yeah as it turns out if you put a breath mark from the 'General Palette' (Shift+F9) it looks weird, but doing it with Ctrl+T it is pretty standard as you said
In reply to Yeah as it turns out if you… by Tony Marescalco
Again, not sure what you mean about weird, maybe you're using the wrong symbol? Should be the one that looks like an apostrophe on the "Breaths and Pauses" palette. Looks like a a lot of published editions I have. The other common version is fatter and you get that if you switch to the Bravura font. Shouldn't be a need to resort to text unless you are deliberately going for a nonstandard effect.
In reply to Again, not sure what you… by Marc Sabatella
Take as example the file Shoichi shared before you. What I was looking for is the one on the left, which (I'm a beginner so I might be wrong) should be the standard one, or at least it's what I usually see; the right one is what I referred as "weird" just because I'm not used to that so It looks smaller and thinner than I expected it to be. I hope I made things clear, thank you for your help
In reply to Take as example the file… by Tony Marescalco
Different publishers use different versions of this marking, to be sure, but the marking shown in that example is far larger than what any publisher I have ever seen uses. Did you try switching to Bravura? That marking is, as I said, somewhat larger, and I can't ever seeing a publisher go larger than that. I'd still recommend achieving that result by switching fonts rather than resort to text, which will not necessarily layout correctly. Especially if you are, as you say, a beginner, I wouldn't recommending going out of your way to deviate from standards.
In reply to The marking shown in that… by Marc Sabatella
FWIW I agree ;-)
In reply to The marking shown in that… by Marc Sabatella
sure thanks for the advice. I quoted the example as for the actual shape of the symbol which is different. I agree that it's quite large, and I'm ok with the standard size, I just didn't like the other version