One of the very few things I don’t like about Dorico is how font styles are accessed and organized. While a “paragraph style/character style” paradigm makes sense in Illustrator, it doesn’t seem so necessary as to
build font style access around it. Furthermore, I find the Font Styles menu to be a rare clunker in the UI, unwieldy and unfriendly.
I’d like to propose that all font style and text object options can live together harmoniously, in a hierarchically arranged “Font Options” window (Shift-Cmd-F?) that takes full advantage of the sub-menu goodness DP2 introduced. What I’d love to see is the following menu available in the left column, with all appropriate parameters available in the right once selected.
Anyway: respectfully submitted. Critique at will.
Love,
Tony
TEXT OBJECTS
- DEFAULT
- LYRICS
Verse
Chorus
Translation/Alternate
Block Lyrics - LAYOUT
Arranger
Composer
Copyright
Dedication
Flow Title
Layout Name
Lyricist
Page Number
Subtitle
Title - PRINT
Print Metadata
Print Watermark - USER INTERFACE
Galley View Margins
MUSIC TEXT
- DEFAULT
- NOTATION
Cue labels
Glissando Line Text
Instrument Change Labels
Pedal Line
Trill Interval
Tuplet
Tuplet Plain - BAR TEXT
Bar Numbers (parts)
Bar Numbers (score)
Bar Repeats
Repeat Marker Jumps
Repeat Marker Sections
Tacet - CHORD SYMBOLS
- DYNAMICS
Dynamic Music Text
Dynamic Text - FINGERING
Fingering
Fingering Horn Branch Accidental
Fingering Horn Branch Alto Text
Fingering Horn Branch Text
Fingering Text
Fingering Text Italics - PERCUSSION
Percussion Legend - MARKER
Marker Text
Marker Timecode
Playing Technique - STAFF
Ossia Staff Label - STRUCTURE
Header
Rehearsal Mark - TEMPO
Gradual Tempo
Immediate Tempo
Metronome Music Text
Metronome Text - TIME SIGNATURE
Time Signature
Time Signature Plain
Time Signature Plain Separators
USER STYLES