If you choose not to use one of Finale’s default fonts, Maestro or Broadway Copyist, you can substitute any other music font.
Note: If you intend to use a third-party music font, you must add it to Finale's list of . To do so, see Configuring MacSymbolFonts.txt.
- Choose Document > Set Default Music Font. The Font dialog box appears.
- Choose the new font/style and click OK twice. Depending on the music font you’ve selected, you may have to fine-tune the positions of individual elements, such as the eighth-note flags; select the element's corresponding category in the Document Options dialog box.
- To change chords, choose Document > Document Options > Fonts. The Font options appear.
- Choose Chord > Symbol. Click Set Font and choose JazzCord or the desired chord font.
- Click OK (or press ENTER) twice.
- Click the Chord tool
. The Chord menu appears.
- Choose Chord > Change Chord Suffix Fonts.
- To change the entire library of chord suffixes at once, click the Set Font button in the lower half of the screen. The Font dialog box appears, letting you specify new font, size, and style characteristics for the suffixes. For best results, be sure that the Fix Chord Suffix Spacing check box is selected, so that Finale automatically adjusts the individual characters in each chord suffix to compensate for the new font and size.
- Select a type style, and then click OK. You return to the document, where Finale has changed the font for your chord suffixes. Finale does not change any musical symbols within the suffix, such as the
in F79.
