Changing the dynamic glyph font style

You can change the font used for dynamic glyphs. However, only specific fonts are compatible.

Any font used for dynamic glyphs, such as or , has to be SMuFL-compliant. SMuFL stands for Standard Music Font Layout.

These fonts are specifically designed to map thousands of the different symbols required for music notation onto a standard layout. Therefore, Dorico looks for a particular symbol in a specific place within the font, and if a non-SMuFL font is used, Dorico cannot find the correct one.

SMuFL-compliant fonts include Bravura and November 2.0.

Procedure

  1. In Engrave mode, choose Engrave > Font Styles.

    The Edit Font Styles dialog opens.

  2. Select Dynamic Music Text Font from the Font style menu.
  3. Activate the following options, individually or together, to change the corresponding aspect of the font:

    • Font family

    • Size

    • Style

    • Underlined

  4. Click OK to save your changes and close the dialog.

Result

The font used for dynamic glyphs is changed project-wide.