This is how my Dmin7b5 chord is showing in Dorico. I’ve set chord symbols to be how I want in the engraving options, but it’s still omitting the flat symbol before the 5 for some reason?
Additionally, I input the first chord as EbMaj7, but it’s only appearing as EMaj7
Do you mean your b (flat) does not appear?
I wonder if it is the font style you have used. Did you change them?
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Yeah the flats are missing. I changed to the Golden Age font that’s included.
I changed music font, and allowed it to change the text font too, and it changed the font but I’m still missing the flat symbols.
Then what happens if you change fonts? (Finale jazz or something else.)
Library > Music fonts (make sure you have checked “Update text fonts…” at the bottom, at least that is what I have selected and it works.)
After changing fonts, input some chords with the flat symbol, and see what happens.
Also, Library, Font styles, Chord styles.
Presumably this one: Chord Symbols Music Text Font
I have not had this problem before so never needed to check any of this, hopefully someone else here will come in and help.
Thanks for your help. Yes changing the chord symbol font individually has fixed it. I’d love to know how to get it to slave back to the main music font again though, because it won’t follow my music font even if I check the box for it to follow.
This might be a clue?
Library, Font styles
Parent: top right
Edit: in the above screenshot, I specifically turned Font family ON, which presumably overrides the Default Music Text Font (Parent). In my checking, it was actually unchecked … meaning the Parent would be the one which is used, meaning when you change in Music font, it will match the change for the chord symbols … (unless you then override it with Font family ON and change to whatever font you wish for them.)
Then Library, Music fonts, if you change it, at least what I see, it changes the chord symbol font as well to match whatever Music font you have chosen.
You legend, that got it to match up with the music font. Cheers!
Good to hear! (I have just edited the post with the screenshot underneath.)
Have fun now!! 
Try Fm/D…thats the same chord…or maybe what chord you are going to after that chord will have something to say . maybe you should insert what key you are in…
Thanks for your input ! I think here the problem is not musical, it’s really a problem with fonts… Somehow the font that was set to show the flat sign was not the appropriate one and showed nothing. Hopefully this is somehow user mistake, otherwise that forum would be filled with people looking for flats (and they’re expensive these days…)
Yeah thanks all. I’d just bought Dorico Pro and this was the default behaviour for me which was baffling. I suspect since I was running Dorico Elements prior to this, maybe some font stuff is shared between those libraries? Maybe me changing fonts in Elements meant that the default behaviour in Pro was mismatched?
Anyway, all happy now.
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