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by Schonbergian
01 Feb 2021, 04:22
Forum: Type and Font Design
Topic: Feedback and suggestions on hand-drawn clefs
Replies: 11
Views: 6938

Re: Feedback and suggestions on hand-drawn clefs

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 ...
by Schonbergian
27 Jan 2021, 20:34
Forum: Type and Font Design
Topic: NorMusicSMFL Font for DORICO is now "Soli" & "Tutti"
Replies: 27
Views: 12217

Re: NorMusicSMFL font for DORICO (still under developement)

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 ...
by Schonbergian
26 Jan 2021, 20:01
Forum: Type and Font Design
Topic: NorMusicSMFL Font for DORICO is now "Soli" & "Tutti"
Replies: 27
Views: 12217

Re: NorMusicSMFL font for DORICO (still under developement)

I don't understand the use of the thinner version on a score as small as that.
by Schonbergian
25 Jan 2021, 21:39
Forum: Type and Font Design
Topic: NorMusicSMFL Font for DORICO is now "Soli" & "Tutti"
Replies: 27
Views: 12217

Re: NorMusicSMFL font for DORICO (still under developement)

I prefer the darker version but the remainder of the score needs to be proportionally darker to compensate as well.
by Schonbergian
20 Jan 2021, 20:17
Forum: Type and Font Design
Topic: Comparison of music text fonts
Replies: 7
Views: 3757

Re: Comparison of music text fonts

#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.
by Schonbergian
08 Jan 2021, 04:18
Forum: Type and Font Design
Topic: Nice text font for music
Replies: 7
Views: 4512

Re: Nice text font for music

Nice design, but I would want a sturdier variant for most uses. ("Caption" vs. "Text")
by Schonbergian
16 Dec 2020, 05:22
Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
Topic: Term for the opposite of 'Melisma'
Replies: 10
Views: 6434

Re: Term for the opposite of 'Melisma'

I'm not sure what the utility of this term would be either way, since the custom is to give each syllable its own note (even if it remains at the same pitch), except for certain languages where syllables are elided as a linguistic rather than musical feature.
by Schonbergian
25 Aug 2020, 23:23
Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
Topic: An Intriguing Measure in Beethoven’s op. 101
Replies: 11
Views: 6077

Re: An Intriguing Measure in Beethoven’s op. 101

What are your thoughts on those in light of Schenker's personal observations, John, and (additionally for me) the initial gesture in the first movement? Is its notation just designed to show the three registers used, or would Beethoven have seriously intended for both the low note and the chord to b...
by Schonbergian
15 Aug 2020, 15:28
Forum: Digital Notation Tools
Topic: Notation program...
Replies: 78
Views: 44282

Re: Notation program...

I much prefer the slur in that situation as well, John.
by Schonbergian
03 Aug 2020, 01:47
Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
Topic: Lost Notation 8
Replies: 13
Views: 6873

Re: Lost Notation 8

In Canada, editions of PD works are also PD, with only brand-new editions like forewords and fingering considered copyrightable.