Henrick: This is very interesting (and you obviously know what you're talking about) but not very helpful. Where can I find a font with graceful, engraved music characters but intended to be used as text?ģ) Why does it do that? The sharp and flats I use are the same size as the other characters in the regular font. I really should be using fonts that are spaced correctly. Even if I decrease the font size or superscript them, they take up too much space.ġ) How can I fix this with the fonts I'm using? I know how to set the exact spacing in Word, but am new to Pages.Ģ) Forcing the spacing is a kluge. When I use them in line, that is, a sentence in Times then switch fonts for one character, it screws up the spacing, making the line take up more space. There are plenty of music fonts, but it seems they are all designed for the particular notation program: Sibelius, Finale, Lime, Logic, etc.

I do a lot of writing about music, and am looking for a better solution than using the pound sign and lower case B when referring to, e.g., C# and Eb. Music For Your Ears | A cute harp-like font! (added April 2012)ĭirections for installing fonts: PC | Mac.I've searched many music and computer music forums and can't find a music font that is designed for (or at least, will work correctly) with text documents.

Willies Piano Font | Includes letters and numbers and a few punctuation symbols.ġ1. 101! Baby Grand | Letters are all uppercase. Onpu | There are both uppercase and lowercase letters in this font, plus a limited amount of punctuation marks.ĩ. AlphaMusicMan | There are both uppercase and lowercase letters in this font, but no punctuation marks.Ĩ. DTNoted | All letters in this font are uppercase, and there are no punctuation marks.ħ.

There are no actual letters or numbers in this font.Ħ. ToneDeaf BB | A font of cute looking music notes and symbols. KGMusic1 | A cute music font involving conductors for capital letters, and eighth notes for lowercase letters.ĥ. All That Jazz | A fun piano keys font! There is no difference between uppercase and lowercase letters in this font.Ĥ. Reduce the size of the spaces to a smaller font size and it will look normal.ģ. For some reason, the spaces in this font are huge. Simple Melody | Shows up as the font “New” once installed.

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