# Tempo equation

**URL:** <https://forums.steinberg.net/t/tempo-equation/897605>\
**Category:** Dorico\
**Created:** [February 11, 2024, 6:39pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/tempo-equation/897605 "2024-02-11T18:39:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![GagarinMoore](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/steinberg/user_avatar/forums.steinberg.net/gagarinmoore/32/205531_2.png) [@GagarinMoore](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/GagarinMoore)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2024, 6:39pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/tempo-equation/897605/1 "2024-02-11T18:39:04Z")

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Hi, please let me know how I can do something like this in Dorico, I tried with Shift+X to insert music characters but it’s not of a good use, thanks.  
 ![Screen Shot 2024-02-11 at 10.16.13](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/steinberg/original/3X/9/a/9a69555e7d9d55a0a3810b3f82eeb4ac5656ab7f.png)

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**Author:** ![dan\_kreider](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/steinberg/user_avatar/forums.steinberg.net/dan_kreider/32/254871_2.png) [@dan\_kreider](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/dan_kreider)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2024, 6:41pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/tempo-equation/897605/2 "2024-02-11T18:41:49Z")

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You can use the free font [MusGlyphs](https://www.notationcentral.com/product/musglyphs/) and type it easily as text: 3q=q.

You’d need to adjust the playback tempo, since it’s just a text object.

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**Author:** ![b\_e\_n](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5f9b8f/32.png) [@b\_e\_n](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/b_e_n)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2024, 6:43pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/tempo-equation/897605/3 "2024-02-11T18:43:25Z")

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Yes! It works great!

> [@MusGlyphs: Bravura for writing in time signatures and other glyphs](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/musglyphs-bravura-for-writing-in-time-signatures-and-other-glyphs/707172):
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> There was a discussion the other day about writing time signatures into standard text, and I decided to try my hand at creating a font to do that. This font uses Bravura glyphs and scales them appropriately to use with text, including ligatures. The idea is to be able to type directly and intuitively for the needed musical glyphs without needing to adjust baselines and font size. [[image] ](https://i.imgur.com/UnVu8Hi.gif) The time signatures are created using ligatures. Please give feedback …

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**Author:** ![GagarinMoore](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/steinberg/user_avatar/forums.steinberg.net/gagarinmoore/32/205531_2.png) [@GagarinMoore](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/GagarinMoore)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2024, 7:19pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/tempo-equation/897605/4 "2024-02-11T19:19:33Z")

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Thanks, I downloaded and works fine, it would be so great if half notes were included, I tried 3h=h but doesn’t work.