What font produces the verse abbreviation in chant scores?

seanmcd3

I've been trying to reproduce a Proper for a fellow Tenor and I can't seem to come up with the "v" indicating the Verse to be sung in a Gradual. It looks like it has some kind of vertical slash through the left side of the letter. Does anyone know what font would have that abbreviation in it? Thanks.

tomjaw

Do you mean this, ℣ (Versicle) found in the following fonts, Arial Unicode, Caeciliae, Apple symbols...
These may also be useful ℟ (Response) and ✠ (Maltese cross).

My computer won't give me the Unicode numbers for the above only the Unicode name, but google is your friend,
https://unicode-table.com/en/2123/ OR https://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/2123/index.htm
https://unicode-table.com/en/211F/ OR https://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/211f/index.htm
https://unicode-table.com/en/2720/ OR https://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/2720/index.htm

Earl_Grey

I found this years ago and use it in my programs: https://www.romanliturgy.org/?p=41#more-41

a_f_hawkins

seanmcd3 - It depends on what program you are using to type. If it is a music setting program, it may well have a special procedure. But if it is a propgram like MS Office (Word), or Libre Office (Writer) it will have an Insert⇨Symbol and most modern fonts use Unicode so will have both ℣ and ℟ built in.
To type those symbols in a forum comment box I used Windows Character Map. There is a block of letter-like symbols about 60% of the way through the table, just before a larger block of mathematical symbols (U+2123 & U+211F). You could try a copy and paste from this post!

ServiamScores

Liturgy. https://www.romanliturgy.org/?p=41
Gentium Book
Liturgico

CHGiffen

Gentium Plus (U+2123 & U+211F)
Finale Lyrics (U+2123 & U+211F)
Cambria (U+2123 & U+211F)

francis

If you are in Sibelius I think it would be in the symbols

bangerman

Those Liturgy font characters have always looked a little awkward to me in combination with other fonts in running text.

I prefer the small-cap style in the Versiculum font. EB Garamond also has nice, simple versions of the Unicode glyphs.

Juan Andrés

The fonts Festa Dies and Caecilia has this symbols. You can download this fonts from this page: https://sites.google.com/site/gregorianicantus/1-fuentes-musicales?authuser=0

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