Diminished chord symbol with "O"

[newdansom]

How do you create a diminished chord symbol like this:

That is, with a circle instead of “dim” or “Mb5”?

Thanks!

[DanielMuzMurray]

Have a look in the Engraving Options Dialog

Diminished Chord symbol

Hello. How di I get a Diminished Chord symbol being displayed in the chords popover? When I enter a letter and one of these: Diminished: dim, di, or o as suggested in the manual , nothing like that is displayed. Why? And how to do better? Thank you

Does this make sense?

[Lillie_Harris]

Here’s the page in the manual that gives a brief overview of the presets available, and points you towards the page in Engraving Options (Pro) or the Library > Chord Symbols dialog (Elements) where you can customize chord symbols to your heart’s content.

Chord symbol appearance presets

[newdansom]

Thanks for that! Now … next question: In the Engraving options, the (diminished) chord symbol appears like this:

But in the score, it appears like this:

Is there a way to adjust the size of the “o”?

[newdansom]

BTW - I already have these two options maxed out:

[SmithAlexander]

A bit lower on the Engraving Options page is this setting. Superscript is what I see the large majority of the time, and the usual recommendation for diminished chords.

[newdansom]

Hi - For some reason the website is not letting me reply to your post.

But — I do have that setting chosen, and the “o” still seems really small. Any other ideas?

Thanks for responding!

[DanielMuzMurray]

Can you send a screenshot of your settings in this area? Or a blank project (with your Engraving Options)?

[FredGUnn]

@newdansom

But — I do have that setting chosen, and the “o” still seems really small. Any other ideas?

Didn’t we cover that one a couple of months ago? Make a global change by scaling and positioning it in the Edit Chord Symbol Component window.

Diminished 7th chord symbol

Your dim symbol is just blank. I’m not sure why or how you got to this point, but you need to redefine it globally. Select it, then click the Edit Component pencil: [blank] In the Edit Chord Symbol Component window you can now make a global change to the glyph and positioning. Delete the blank glyph and add the correct one. I left your chord symbol Engraving Options percentage settings alone, so I scaled that glyph to 225% in this window. [dim] Hit OK and you’ve made a global change to tha…

[newdansom]

Thank you. I’ll give that try.