How to force a slashed figure in figured bass?

Dorico
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I would like to type a 6 with a slash through it.

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You can change the appearance of figures in Engraving Options - a bit like chord symbols, you can specify the “contents” of figures in the popover, with their appearance being primarily determined by your default settings.

3

Many thanks, that did the trick!

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I’m trying to write a 6/5 (6 with a slash) and I have no idea how to do it. Engraving Options does not help either. :slightly_frowning_face:

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Assuming Dorico Pro this Engraving Option works fine…

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Thanks for the reply.
In that way I have almost all 6s and 5s with slashes. I need only one 6.

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Your use case is idiosyncratic.

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Not my idiosyncrasy, but that of the score I’m trying to reproduce. :wink:
So, there is no way to write a 6 with slash manually?

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There’s no easy way to override this for just a single figure, I’m afraid. You may need to resort to using a manual text item instead of real figured bass.

10

I see.
Thanks!

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If your score has some altered 6s with a slash and others with an accidental, then yes I’d class that as idiosyncratic.

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12

Is there a way to do a 6 with slash in version 4.2?

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It’s in Engraving Options > Figured Bass > Accidentals.
A bit further down there are also options for how strokes through 5 and 6 are drawn.

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