Software for writing chord charts

[Snakey Lane]

Hi there

I want to print chord charts like the attached example. I could probably do it with an ordinary word processor with a bit of fiddling. But does anyone know of a piece of software designed for the job?

Thanks

Edited September 28, 2008 by Snakey Lane

[SteveO]

I know sibelius can do it, but it's an expensive solution. I think Guitar pro can print out like that (still not cheap). finale has a free version which may be able to sort you out, but I recon the easiest would be to do it in word. there's a couple of free fonts [url="http://zoundz.pardyline.com.au/fontindex.html"]here[/url] you could check out. Swingdings seems to be just what you want. After a quick glance at the instuctions pdf on that page I'd suggest that you open character map (it's somewhere in the start menu) to select & copy chord symbols then paste into word.

[Snakey Lane]

Thanks for the suggestion. I'll try those fonts.

[quote name='SteveO' post='293803' date='Sep 28 2008, 11:47 AM']I know sibelius can do it, but it's an expensive solution. I think Guitar pro can print out like that (still not cheap). finale has a free version which may be able to sort you out, but I recon the easiest would be to do it in word. there's a couple of free fonts [url="http://zoundz.pardyline.com.au/fontindex.html"]here[/url] you could check out. Swingdings seems to be just what you want. After a quick glance at the instuctions pdf on that page I'd suggest that you open character map (it's somewhere in the start menu) to select & copy chord symbols then paste into word.[/quote]

[Snakey Lane]

They work great. I didn't even need character map. Type a chart into Word using "normal" font (e.g. | Cmaj7 | Dm | C#aug |), change the font to the one that SteveO recommended and it renders very nicely indeed. Thanks, SteveO.

[Bilbo]

Or try 'Band in a Box' - costs fourpence 'apenny and will do the trick and a whole lot more besides.