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- 11 Jul 2018, 23:26
- Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
- Topic: Tremolo spacing?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 9049
Re: Tremolo spacing?
I have some quibbles with your syllabification, David - but I'm not sure if this is the correct thread for that. The only thing I have to say about the tremolo beam is that it should be less "Finale-like" and more slanted. It doesn't stand out against the staff lines like it should. Agree ...
- 10 Jul 2018, 02:04
- Forum: Problems and Solutions (Help)
- Topic: Typesetting em dashes in lyrics - best solution?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 11451
Typesetting em dashes in lyrics - best solution?
I've been working on typesetting a hymn using a text from Newman's Verses on Various Occasions, which (unusually for a hymn text) uses full dashes, even over lines (for example, the first line of verse 2). I've struggled to typeset this properly and have arrived at what I thought was the obvious sol...
- 07 Jul 2018, 01:30
- Forum: Engraving Commentaries
- Topic: A modern looking score in 2018?
- Replies: 54
- Views: 86728
Re: A modern looking score in 2018?
That font looks like something out of a music book for 5-year-olds, and it makes Opus look like the heaviest thing on the block.
- 30 Jun 2018, 01:50
- Forum: Engraving Commentaries
- Topic: A modern looking score in 2018?
- Replies: 54
- Views: 86728
Re: A modern looking score in 2018?
If you mean with "everywhere else in music" you mean the vast majority of printed music scores then of course I agree completely with you that anything different from what is used everywhere will first look different and it can indeed lead to some people shouting "How on earth do you...
- 26 Jun 2018, 00:00
- Forum: Engraving Commentaries
- Topic: A modern looking score in 2018?
- Replies: 54
- Views: 86728
Re: A modern looking score in 2018?
Probably the closest we've gotten to that style are the Novello "block" dynamic marks - which I don't feel particularly intrude on the readibility of the score. Example: http://ks.petruccimusiclibrary.org/files/imglnks/usimg/5/54/IMSLP45059-PMLP07276-Elgar-Enigma.Oboe.pdf (Also the titling...
- 24 Jun 2018, 23:41
- Forum: Engraving Commentaries
- Topic: A modern looking score in 2018?
- Replies: 54
- Views: 86728
Re: A modern looking score in 2018?
Excluding the use of sans serif text font from the beginning as OCTO wrote, is for me difficult to understand and not an option for me. Because all music fonts are serif and mixing a sans-serif in (barring the titling and front matter, as Schott does) doesn't work stylistically. Vienna/Scorlatti ar...
- 23 Jun 2018, 13:13
- Forum: Engraving Commentaries
- Topic: A modern looking score in 2018?
- Replies: 54
- Views: 86728
Re: A modern looking score in 2018?
I think there were two separate questions here: the purely aesthetic design of the items on the page, and the underlying layout. Regarding the former, this presents some difficulty, as many "modern design elements" (razor-thin line weights and edges, sharp angles, varying soft colours) are...
- 17 Jun 2018, 02:43
- Forum: Type and Font Design
- Topic: New classic typeface
- Replies: 4
- Views: 9544
New classic typeface
I was browsing MTF's website and found this gem that wasn't there last time I checked: https://www.musictypefoundry.com/product/roman-ionic
It looks excellent for music use and similar to that used by at least Durand in the past.
Is that Knut's music typeface & engraving?
It looks excellent for music use and similar to that used by at least Durand in the past.
Is that Knut's music typeface & engraving?
- 16 Jun 2018, 04:00
- Forum: Problems and Solutions (Help)
- Topic: [puzzle] Two voices in one staff
- Replies: 39
- Views: 67678
Re: [puzzle] Two voices in one staff
The barlines give it away as LP. I'm intrigued by the clef, though - it looks better than the default by miles but still looks good with the rest of the default font.
- 16 Jun 2018, 03:59
- Forum: Digital Notation Tools
- Topic: Dorico Pro 2 released
- Replies: 79
- Views: 297879
Re: Dorico Pro 2 released
For what you do, it looks that it would suit you well. Why not, if you work alone in your edition. Also, your 'example' score in Dorico looks more like "printed" - in a positive meaning. The thing I hear often about Dorico is that it "looks" pleasant. I wonder why? My guessing i...