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by benwiggy
12 Aug 2021, 12:55
Forum: Digital Notation Tools
Topic: Something in the works at Sib
Replies: 6
Views: 4700

Re: Something in the works at Sib

Yes, Sibelius launched their iPad app the same week as Dorico, by a complete coincidence.

https://www.scoringnotes.com/reviews/si ... s-on-ipad/
by benwiggy
12 Aug 2021, 11:06
Forum: Digital Notation Tools
Topic: Dorico for iPad
Replies: 6
Views: 3704

Re: Dorico for iPad

Yes, there are several 'Easter eggs' in the form of new features that can only be accessed if you setup keyboard shortcuts for them. This included "Music transformation tools", which the latest release notes say have been removed, and will be restored when D4 is released. Also, a personal ...
by benwiggy
11 Aug 2021, 07:42
Forum: Problems and Solutions (Help)
Topic: PDF printing oddity with hard space
Replies: 9
Views: 4761

Re: PDF printing oddity with hard space

So your PDFs sent to the printer looked fine, but the actual print ended up with the problem? It's almost certainly some kind of font encoding issue, which the printer's prepress RIP is having trouble with. Rinsing through PostScript still fixes many problems, as it has fewer parameters and options ...
by benwiggy
08 Aug 2021, 09:29
Forum: Engraving Commentaries
Topic: double-stopped trills
Replies: 26
Views: 38855

Re: double-stopped trills

FWIW, Gould does not seem to offer an opinion on this!
by benwiggy
07 Aug 2021, 14:39
Forum: Digital Notation Tools
Topic: Dorico for iPad
Replies: 6
Views: 3704

Re: Dorico for iPad

.... and Daniel has just announced that the limit on Player/staff numbers will be REMOVED in a forthcoming update. (For subscribers: the 2 or 4 limit still applies to the free app.)
by benwiggy
06 Aug 2021, 18:11
Forum: Type and Font Design
Topic: Finale fonts available for download
Replies: 12
Views: 13119

Re: Finale fonts available for download

John Ruggero wrote: 06 Aug 2021, 14:12 Piano braces in the Maestro font??? Is that new?
The SMuFL spec includes piano braces, and so they are in Bravura and yes in Finale Maestro. But Finale app still draws them.

The iPad is limited to Bravura, Academico and the OS-installed fonts, due a to limitations in how fonts work on iPad.
by benwiggy
06 Aug 2021, 08:24
Forum: Type and Font Design
Topic: Finale fonts available for download
Replies: 12
Views: 13119

Re: Finale fonts available for download

Thank, John. The piano brace in Dorico will be the one(s) that are in the Finale Maestro font. As said, you could change them for those in another font, or for a specially-designed graphic, using the Music Symbols Editor. There are three or four different sizes of bracket that are used for different...
by benwiggy
03 Aug 2021, 09:01
Forum: Type and Font Design
Topic: Finale fonts available for download
Replies: 12
Views: 13119

Re: Finale fonts available for download

I did read somewhere that the Maestro glyphs in the new font have been revised and improved where necessary. I'm sure it's nothing that will affect metrics, but hopefully just smoothing out contours and intersections.

I still hate the Breves, which are the worst of any font!
by benwiggy
31 Jul 2021, 09:08
Forum: Digital Notation Tools
Topic: Dorico for iPad
Replies: 6
Views: 3704

Re: Dorico for iPad

Daniel responded on the forum about previous denials, saying "I may have been lying". :lol: There's a very interesting blog post about the development back story on the Dorico Blog: https://blog.dorico.com/2021/07/how-dorico-came-to-the-ipad-the-behind-the-scenes-story/ The timing of Sibel...
by benwiggy
26 Jul 2021, 19:00
Forum: Digital Notation Tools
Topic: Dorico for iPad
Replies: 6
Views: 3704

Dorico for iPad

Dorico for iPad is now a thing! This is no cut-down reader, but a fully fledged app with (nearly) all the features of the desktop app.
And also some new features which will come to Dorico 4.

https://blog.dorico.com/2021/07/dorico- ... -now-free/