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Thread #54343   Message #841016
Posted By: JohnInKansas
04-Dec-02 - 09:46 PM
Thread Name: Tech: chords-fonts to type them
Subject: RE: Tech: chords-fonts to type them
I didn't look past the FretsA listing, but these appear to be the same Frets font set that came with my Rhapsody program sometime a little over 10 years ago. The "full set" for guitar fret diagrams consists of FretsA, FretsB, and FretsC - and the compatible font for individual notes, bars, flags, etc is called "Anastasia."

These are most often found as TrueType fonts, but are available as Adobe Type1 fonts as well.

If you have a "commercial" notation program, you may find that you have these - or something very similar - already installed on your machine, for use by the notation program.

In windows you can use the "Character Map" to look at what the TrueType fonts on your machine will actually display/print. (Look for an icon that looks like a typewriter/keyboard key - often in Programs\Accessories\System Tools for some strange reason.) Or get the freeware "Character Agent."

The difficulty with using these fonts is that you have to figure out for yourself which key to poke to get the glyph you want, and scaling them and placing them where you want them can be a little "strange."

John