Tempo mark font styles

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Dorico Pro
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4.3
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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.

Musical phrase with different types of tempo marks labelled

The following font styles are used for tempo marks:

  1. Gradual Tempo Text Font: Used for gradual tempo changes, such as "rallentando".

  2. Immediate Tempo Text Font: Used for absolute tempo changes, such as “Adagio”.

  3. Metronome Music Text Font: Used for note value glyphs in metronome marks, such as "". Must be SMuFL-compliant.

  4. Metronome Text Font: Used for equal signs and numbers in metronome marks, such as “=76”.

Note

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