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by benwiggy
18 Apr 2022, 08:12
Forum: Manual Notation
Topic: Autograph of Scriabin's Sonata no. 7
Replies: 11
Views: 31482

Re: Autograph of Scriabin's Sonata no. 7

I'm also realizing that I find Dorico's cautionary parentheses a bit heavy handed. I'd love to substitute a thinner, more elegant glyph, but haven't figured out a way to do that yet or if it's even possible. You mean like this? ;) Screenshot 1.png Sadly, accidental brackets and parentheses aren't i...
by benwiggy
18 Apr 2022, 07:51
Forum: Engraving Commentaries
Topic: First time using Dorico. How did I do?
Replies: 2
Views: 12513

Re: First time using Dorico. How did I do?

Well done! You've certainly got the hang of it within the demo period! I hope you enjoyed it. Have you manually adjusted the height of the top system on some pages? For instance pages 4 and 5, it's nice, but page 6 is much higher, and 10 is too high for all the text. I would remove the manual adjust...
by benwiggy
17 Apr 2022, 07:16
Forum: Type and Font Design
Topic: Florian's Nepomuk - and reimagining a Durand score
Replies: 19
Views: 31018

Re: Florian's Nepomuk - and reimagining a Durand score

OK, will add the Roman letters. I also have some more kerning adjustments! Thanks for the French correction. My schoolboy French is in need of some work. The Durand publication is known to have several misprints, but I'm trying to find out what they are! I think I'll keep the look of the original, t...
by benwiggy
16 Apr 2022, 12:32
Forum: Type and Font Design
Topic: Florian's Nepomuk - and reimagining a Durand score
Replies: 19
Views: 31018

Re: Florian's Nepomuk - and reimagining a Durand score

(mostly some kerning the regular lowercases and adding Roman numerals for barré). I've been working on catching and improving the kerning for a few days, and now have a v2.01 release available. Also Small Caps! I could add the Roman Numerals very easily: do you mean in their Unicode text positions,...
by benwiggy
14 Apr 2022, 07:55
Forum: Type and Font Design
Topic: Florian's Nepomuk - and reimagining a Durand score
Replies: 19
Views: 31018

Re: Florian's Nepomuk - and reimagining a Durand score

:???: err... Bolder than what..? I created the Bold fonts entirely; they're essentially 'thickenings' of the Regular and Italic styles, with a bit of tidying up. I've worked on them a bit more since I made the PNGs -- so the fonts should be slightly bolder now than in the PNGs. They're just bold eno...
by benwiggy
12 Apr 2022, 09:17
Forum: Type and Font Design
Topic: Florian's Nepomuk - and reimagining a Durand score
Replies: 19
Views: 31018

Re: Florian's Nepomuk - and reimagining a Durand score

Thanks, John. Noted. It's a bit tricky with flat slurs when they need to ride over a 'bump' like a tuplet numeral. I've been working on the fonts all yesterday, getting the diacritics and kerning more organized within the font documents, improving the 'emboldening', smoothing out rough edges, and ma...
by benwiggy
10 Apr 2022, 20:56
Forum: Type and Font Design
Topic: Florian's Nepomuk - and reimagining a Durand score
Replies: 19
Views: 31018

Re: Florian's Nepomuk - and reimagining a Durand score

If anyone wants to try out the fonts, you can find them here. I've added loads of additional characters -- diacritics, currency symbols, non-breaking hyphens, Unicode accidentals, and other things likely to be of use.

https://github.com/benwiggy/nepomuk
by benwiggy
10 Apr 2022, 17:41
Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
Topic: Simple 4/4 grouping poll
Replies: 13
Views: 5348

Re: Simple 4/4 grouping poll

As a professional sightreader ... A is clearest. 3 beats, then worry about subdividing. I think I'd prefer A for Number 2 too. I'd definitely want 2A if the first note was a rest. B might give clarity depending on the texture in the other parts. If something is happening on the half-bar in the music...
by benwiggy
06 Apr 2022, 16:34
Forum: Type and Font Design
Topic: Florian's Nepomuk - and reimagining a Durand score
Replies: 19
Views: 31018

Florian's Nepomuk - and reimagining a Durand score

I've been working with Florian's Nepomuk text fonts, which, like Ionian and Octo's own Old Music Standard, are designed to match the punched text often found on 20th century plate engraving. I've tightened up the Tracking and Kerning, which makes the Regular face much more suitable for lyrics (and a...
by benwiggy
06 Apr 2022, 07:40
Forum: Engraving Commentaries
Topic: First post: Feedback on a score (typesetting, fonts, cover, etc)
Replies: 7
Views: 14657

Re: First post: Feedback on a score (typesetting, fonts, cover, etc)

Welcome! Lovely bit of work. I'd suggest that the slurs and ties are a bit thick; and some of the little ones on page 9 need adjustment, being too 'horse-shoe' shaped. The piano brace should have some air between it and the system. What fonts have you used? They're very nice. Bodoni for the titling ...