Fonts used in Tempo Equations/Metronome Marks

[DanielMuzMurray]

How do I determine the font of the “equals” symbol in a tempo equation or metronome mark?

I want to use it (and no other) somewhere else.

[jesele]

Isn’t it the Paragraph style→Tempo (Metronome mark)?

Jesper

[DanielMuzMurray]

I thought so too but it doesn’t seem to match on my end. I’ve turned my machine off for the night and so I’ll double-check tomorrow.

[benwiggy]

It should be. If I change that Style, e,g to Bold, then the equal sign changes accordingly.

The only other style is the Character Style for the Music symbol, and that only affects the note symbol.

[Lillie_Harris]

Tempo mark paragraph styles - Dorico Pro - 6.1

[DanielMuzMurray]

Thanks everyone.

I did try the Metronome Mark Paragraph Style but I must have got my order of operations mixed up.

• Using my default text style, I used Insert Music Text to add a crotchet glyph, then an equals sign, and then the minim glyph
• Selected all and changed the paragraph style to the MM Paragraph Style.

This is what I got:

All I had to do was remove and re-enter the glyphs as before, and I was done.

Is there a way to input the note value glyphs directly using the MM Paragraph Style (a la MusGlyphs) without having to do any right-clicking? I’m aware that metronome marks use the MM Music Text character style for these glyphs but I don’t really know how to make use of that in this case.

[benwiggy]

You can write tempo equations of this sort in the Tempo popover.

What are you trying to achieve?

@DanielMuzMurray

Selected all and changed the paragraph style to the MM Paragraph Style.

You need two styles: one music font for the note symbols; and one text font for the equals sign. Selecting the notes and changing them to a text font will cause problems, as shown.

[Zalde]

@DanielMuzMurray

I’m aware that metronome marks use the MM Music Text character style for these glyphs but I don’t really know how to make use of that in this case.

You apply the character style to the note characters to make them match exactly. I always follow the steps from @asherber 's post below (and revisit that post from time to time to make sure I get the sequence right ). It’s not without right clicking but it gets the job done every time.

Music Text Match Tempo Font Size

Add System Text at the desired position, using Shift+Alt/Opt+X Set the paragraph style to “Tempo (Metronome Mark)” Right-click and do Insert Music Text Insert the first note character you want; if you don’t see it displayed in Recently Used, then search for characters starting with metNote Type the = character and then a space Right-click, Insert Music Text, and insert the second note character Highlight each note character, and change the character style to “Metronome Mark Music Text” Your sy…

[DanielMuzMurray]

@benwiggy

You can write tempo equations of this sort in the Tempo popover.

What are you trying to achieve?

I wanted a tempo equation within system text - with identical formatting to the default tempo equations.

@benwiggy

and one text font for the equals sign.

Yes, this is the bit that got me. Thanks for the clarification.

@Zalde

I always follow the steps from @asherber 's post below

That would have been useful in the search results of “tempo equation font”! At least I made it to Oz in the end.