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- 05 Aug 2017, 21:55
- Forum: Engraving Commentaries
- Topic: Case of the Disappearing Slur
- Replies: 28
- Views: 43528
Re: Case of the Disappearing Slur
To my knowledge there hasn't been any changes in this regard in the recent updates. Even though you and I feel that the shapes of Finale's slurs are far superior, I suspect that the majority of the Dorico community does not feel the same. As Schonbergian points out, the shapes of Dorico's slurs are...
- 07 Feb 2017, 14:50
- Forum: Engraving Commentaries
- Topic: Looking for commentary on some of my work
- Replies: 18
- Views: 28309
Re: Looking for commentary on some of my work
Good job, Schonbergian! Unfortunately, when you deal a lot with choral music you can't help coming across the very worst of 'contemporary engraving' every day, even in professional publications. This is a very pleasing counterexample! Because you asked: I've got a few thoughts. 1. Vertical spacing: ...
- 04 Feb 2017, 22:09
- Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
- Topic: Composers vs Engravers: Stems and Slurs part 5
- Replies: 16
- Views: 15478
Re: Composers vs Engravers: Stems and Slurs part 5
The S-shaped slur immediately reminded me of the minuscule wrist swing a pianist might do in order to slur the two notes, and I very much like it in the manuscript. For an engraved version, however, I agree with Octo and Knut. I tried it myself with a few bars of the Etude and I found that the S-slu...
- 14 Jan 2017, 19:07
- Forum: Type and Font Design
- Topic: SMuFL creation
- Replies: 29
- Views: 41870
Re: SMuFL creation
I'm trying to convert my own music fonts to SMuFL using fontforge. There's a python script by Robert Piéchaud that should automatically generate the required font metadata (https://github.com/w3c/smufl/tree/gh-pages/scripts/fontforge). I have never used any sripts in fontforge before and so far I ha...
- 02 Jan 2017, 12:02
- Forum: Type and Font Design
- Topic: Problems with Sebastian-FigBass
- Replies: 19
- Views: 26472
Re: Problems with Sebastian-FigBass
I just uploaded the revised version to the Github page. (https://github.com/fkretlow/sebastian) Thank you! I created a whole set of numerals in different sizes while working on the fonts. They were all derived from the symbols for time signatures. As for the ligatures, I just knew you could combine ...
- 31 Dec 2016, 16:00
- Forum: Type and Font Design
- Topic: Problems with Sebastian-FigBass
- Replies: 19
- Views: 26472
Re: Problems with Sebastian-FigBass
I just came across this forum, following some link posted on the Dorico support forum – and was surprised finding some threads concerning the music fonts I created a couple of years ago. Well, I've created a "clean" version of the font, fixing all the errors that Fontforge flagged. I didn'...