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Don't have score examples on hand but that's what I've seen in the past in all such cases.

John, playing devil's advocate: do you believe that the theory advocated here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sgkls8XEt8), that these metronome markings were used radically differently in Beethoven's time, holds any weight when it comes to the Hammerklavier at least?

John, could you post an example of the specific font you're looking for?

I much prefer the earlier size, even if it overlaps the lines slightly.

I don't know if you use Finale or InDesign for the footnotes, John. I don't use Finale and can't comment on its tools, but both InDesign and Affinity Publisher have options to enable "lining" figures in EB Garamond, which are more what you need for the footnotes. Here's a comparison betwee...

EB Garamond in both its optical sizes can be found here: https://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/eb-garamond

The main reason I like it is that even the 12 size is slightly rounded, which gives it a warmer feel and helps harmonize it with rounded music fonts and symbols.

Looking back over odod and OCTO's engraving vs. yours, John, the thing that stands out to me most is the increased weight of vertical lines on their page. On yours, the horizontal and vertical lines are around the same thickness, but I find the slightly bolder vertical lines guide the eye and help m...

Schubert also uses "ligato", at least in the Breitkopf edition I own of his Moments musicaux/Impromptus. I'm not sure if it denotes any difference from "legato" or is even consistently applied in either Beethoven or Schubert. I have always understood "mezza voce" as sin...

John, I adore your engraving but just wish you'd use a roman font other than TNR. It stands out from the well-balanced whole like a sore thumb. I agree on Russian/French editions being readable with smaller noteheads; that being said, they are still much larger and fuller than most computer music sc...

Larger noteheads bring the notes to the foreground and I have always found them to be much easier to read.