MusGlyphs: Bravura for writing in time signatures and other glyphs

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@arco Sorry for not being better at this stuff but I’m not understanding how to get this to appear in a text popover in Dorico. I installed your font with the 15/8 added and I created a text popover, selected the font … then what? Or am I going about this all wrong? Thanks in advance

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Hmm, just tried it (which I did not before I uploaded it.)
Do you know the MusGlyphs coding to use? see its documentation below.
For 15/8 type this:
@15/8

If you had downloaded MusGlyphs you would see the instructions in that folder. I assumed you had it from your question. (Just in case, I have added it here below).

You will see odd characters appear as you type using MusGlyphs as you see in the video, but when you finish the typing required, it should appear as you wish).

MusGlyphs documentation added here.
MusGlyphs documentation.pdf (1.3 MB)

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Normally MusGlyphs time signatures are just typed as numbers with a slash. “15/8.”

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Gotcha, thank you @arco and @dan_kreider – yes Dan’s point is why I was confused. I had tried just 15/8 and nothing happened. But I got it now. Worked perfectly with @15/8. Thanks again!!

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For anyone wondering about MusGlyphs and why it might not work as you expect:
There are actually 3 font files in the MusGlyphs folder.
From the documentation:

MusGlyphs is available as two font families:
• MusGlyphs uses the key commands as they appear below in this documentation.
• MusGlyphs Text (and MusGlyphs Text Bold) allows the user to type ordinary text
and musical symbols without needing to switch between two different fonts. See the
section entitled MusGlyphs Text for more information.

Then related to MusGlyphs Text (a slightly modified way to input):

MusGlyphs Text allows the user to type ordinary text and musical symbols without needing
to switch between two different fonts. To accomplish this, write text normally, and use the
@ symbol to trigger musical symbols.

The 158 version I uploaded is the Text Regular font file only. Given the original question from @pcg1993 I was replying to, I decided the Text version might be all that was required. (And if it did not work for some reason, I would only have one to fix.)

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