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I've used this typeface in the past and honestly cannot attest to ever having issues with "readability" with the symbols that you pointed out.

Malcolm Bilson takes everything he finds in the old treatises to extremes and produces caricatured performances, then takes other performers to task as "romanticist" for not agreeing with his extremes. As an organist who has actually read through the treatises and writings by Neumann (than...

Your choice of font size is excellent, David, and makes the music instantly readable from a decent distance. I like it much more than the smaller "style" in vogue today. Evidently many of these engravers have never collaborated with "working" singers who need to read plenty of re...

Absolutely wonderful (as with pretty much all of Abraham's work) The "balance" is impeccable. Really very hard to take issue with any of the engraving as shown.

It doesn't look hand-drawn to me - more like it's imitating the Novello clefs of the early 20th century. That being said, it definitely doesn't match the flats. I'm not opposed to that design on principle, as long as the remainder of the font matches it in weight and style. Definitely preferable to ...

I don't understand the use of the thinner version on a score as small as that. Maybe because you're used to a thicker version?... question of one's perspetive. At those small staff sizes (where lines need to be proportionally thicker), it doesn't scan as well as the thicker version. The impression ...

I don't understand the use of the thinner version on a score as small as that.

I prefer the darker version but the remainder of the score needs to be proportionally darker to compensate as well.

#4 looks the most "musical" to me. #3 has a bit too much Times in it for me, and #1 is too light to balance against the music in your example.

Nice design, but I would want a sturdier variant for most uses. ("Caption" vs. "Text")