IWBNI a set of fonts were provided with Finale that contained a large collection of symbols used in contemporary music. As it is now, only a small number of symbols of this type are contained in fonts that are provided.

The library of symbols could be comprehensive and could be based upon the following catalogs of symbols used in contemporary music, see:

Howard Risatti, New Music Vocabulary: A Guide to Notational Signs for Contemporary Music, 1975.

Erhard Karkoschka, Notation in New Music: A Critical Guide to Interpretation and Realisation, Translated from the German by Ruth Koenig, 1972, pages 19-81. Original German edition: Das Schriftbild der Neuen Musik, 1966.

Created: March 26, 2000 (based on a submission from Timothy Brown)
Last Updated: March 26, 2000
Version: Finale 2000b