Hi Everyone, I’m a composer and I’ve been writing music for Korean folk instruments. Those instruments require specific notation symbols above, or below a musical note such as :
The Seoul National University provides a free .ttf file that can be easily imported into Sibelius and the complete font set of symbols is ready to be used for composing. I’m new to Dorico, as I have been a Sibelius user for years, but I am seriously considering moving to Dorico completely.
I would like to ask you if I would be able to easily import those font files into Dorico Pro 6? Thank you!
Could you provide a printed example of what you want to achieve? That way, it would be simpler for us to guess if it’s possible.
The number of different possibilities/characters is relatively low? Because, according to what you’ve said, it seems logical to create a Playing Technique for each symbol. These can be attached to rhythmic positions, much like Sibelius. Each one defaults to above or below the staff, per your choice, but you can flip each instance to your liking.
Hey Everyone, thank you for your response. Yes, absolutely! I’m uploading below a picture of the first page of one of my scores. Please notice the symbols above the gayageum and geomungo instruments. Thank you!
Yeah, playing techniques is the way to go, and easy to do in Dorico. You can actually type a custom popover text different than the symbol itself, if you happen to be using a QWERTY keyboard.
