How do I change the default syllable separator character for lyrics?
I write scores, true to the original, like from old German song books with German type (Frakturschrift). Unfortunately, the separator between text syllables must not be a hypen ( - ) but an oblique equal sign ( = ). My font also includes this character, but I couldn't find a text style in the application where I can set this.
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There is none. You'd need a font where the - looks like a =
In reply to There is none. You'd need a… by Jojo-Schmitz
The font already has this feature, technically there is only = available, for both characters, but the application doesn't seem to want to adopt it.
In reply to The font already has this… by Richard Angerer
Ah, of course, MuseScore uses the - key but not the - glyph to separate syllables, instead it draws a line, see #21239: Style of dash doesn't follow lyrics style
In reply to The font already has this… by Richard Angerer
Try Ctrl+-
In reply to Try Ctrl+- by Jojo-Schmitz
Well, this is a solution but a rather unpleasant one. Also just found out that Ctrl + Space enables me to enter spaces, really helps with the initial "1. [...]" at the beginning of each sheet, but I digress, placing one or more spaces and adding the hyphen manually will do the work, but now I have to retouch hundreds of sheets with this approach, added to this I need to delete a bunch of the lyrics beforehand as the dash will automatically reappear as long as the first syllable once initiated a dash ... not really looking forward to that, but thanks.
In reply to Well, this is a solution but… by Richard Angerer
If this is something done in currently published scores, feel free to open a suggestion for a new feature around this in the Issue Tracker, and then it can be considered for a future release. Even if it's only something done centuries ago, there is a chance it might be considered. But certainly, knowing that there are current publishers still doing this - and thus current musicians accustomed to reading this - would make a difference in prioritizing it.