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Notation reference
Fingering
Fingerings can be added to music to recommend which fingers players should use for notes. This can be useful for music aimed at players learning the instrument and for difficult musical passages where certain fingering patterns make the notes much easier to play.
Fingering font styles
Different types of fingerings use different fonts. You can change different aspects of the font styles used for fingering in the Edit Font Styles dialog.
Changing the font used for fingerings project-wide
By default, fingerings are drawn in a bold, Arabic font that is similar in appearance to the digits in time signatures. You can change the font used for all fingerings project-wide, which affects the appearance of fingering numbers, parentheses, brackets, and open string indicators that appear as zero fingerings.

Changing the font used for fingerings project-wide

By default, fingerings are drawn in a bold, Arabic font that is similar in appearance to the digits in time signatures. You can change the font used for all fingerings project-wide, which affects the appearance of fingering numbers, parentheses, brackets, and open string indicators that appear as zero fingerings.

Procedure

Press Ctrl/Cmd-Shift-E to open Engraving Options.
Click Fingering in the category list.
In the Design section, choose one of the following options for Fingering appearance:
- Bold font
- Plain font
Click Apply, then Close.

Result

The font style used for fingerings and open string indicators that appear as zero fingerings project-wide is changed.

Note

The font used for thumb indicator, substitution lines and slurs, and brass valve separators is not changed.
You can edit different aspects of the font styles used for fingerings in the Edit Font Styles dialog. Bold fingerings use Fingering Font. Plain fingerings use Fingering Text Font.