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Notation reference
Tempo marks
Tempo marks indicate how fast music is played, often with a combination of text instructions and metronome marks. They are also known as tempo changes, tempo indications, and tempo markings.
Tempo mark font styles
There are different font styles for different types of tempo marks and tempo mark components. You can change different aspects of these fonts in the Edit Font Styles dialog, such as changing their font size to make tempo marks appear larger.

Tempo mark font styles

There are different font styles for different types of tempo marks and tempo mark components. You can change different aspects of these fonts in the Edit Font Styles dialog, such as changing their font size to make tempo marks appear larger.

The following fonts are used for tempo marks:

Gradual Tempo Text Font: Used for gradual tempo changes, such as "rallentando".
Immediate Tempo Text Font: Used for absolute tempo changes, such as “Adagio”.
Metronome Music Text Font: Used for the note value glyphs in metronome marks, such as "".
Metronome Text Font: Used for the equation and numbers in metronome marks, such as “=76”.

Note

Changes made to font styles apply to the entire project, including part layouts.