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Working with text
Adding and editing text symbols
3. Select a font from the Font pop-up menu.
How many and which fonts appear depends on what typefaces you have installed
on your computer.
4. Select a text size from the Size pop-up menu (or enter one manually in the text
field).
5. You can also add one or several font options using the checkboxes and pop-up
menus.
Most of the options are common text style variations such as bold, italic, underline,
etc. But there are also a few special style options:
6. Click Apply to apply the settings to the selected text.
Note that you can select other text blocks while the dialog remains open – the
dialog is updated to reflect the settings of the currently selected text.
7. When you are done, close the Score Settings dialog.
Text attribute sets
A text attribute set can be seen as a “preset” containing all font, size, and style
settings. By creating text attribute sets for the settings you use most often, you can
save a lot of time.
Creating a text attribute set
1. Open the Score Settings dialog on the Project page and select the Font Settings
subpage.
2. Open the Attribute Sets tab.
3. On the Font Set pop-up menu, select the “Empty” set.
4. Select a font, specify a size, and add style options using the checkboxes.
The options are the same as when you make font settings on the Text page in the
Score Settings dialog (see above).
5. Click in the text field of the Font Set pop-up menu and enter a name for the new
text attribute set.
6. Click Store to save the new text attribute set.
!
For regular text you should avoid the “Steinberg” fonts. These are the fonts Cubase
uses for all scoring symbols, etc.
Option Description
Frame Allows you to put the text in a rectangular (“Box”) or oval frame.
Melisma options These determine the appearance of the “melisma line”, see “About
the melisma lines” on page 846.
Positioning Allows you to select which side of the text block (left or right) is used
for calculating its position. This has an effect in situations where that
text block is moved automatically (as a result of an Auto Layout
function, when you move bar lines manually, etc.). If, for example, the
text block appears just in front of a note (to the left of it), it appears in
a more sensible position after the adjustment, if the “Right” option is
selected.
Alignment:
Left/Center/Right
Allows you to specify the alignment of the text. These options are only
valid for texts with more than one line.