NOTATIO

Knut has made some scripts that work in FontLab 7 here:
https://github.com/knutnergaard/FontLab ... main/SMuFL

To take things off in a tangent: we need not 'pretend' that engraving is still ... well, engraved. If computer technology lets us create results that were impossible before, then we should consider them. Notation has evolved over the centuries, and there's no reason why it shouldn't continue to do so.

Here's what I get with my current settings in Dorico, which as usual is half-way inbetween. Screenshot 3.png I agree that the dangers of 'train crossing' diagonals is over-stated, particularly in modern printing. As with all things, there's a balance to be struck between 'direction' and the cleanlin...

I guess it's the usual '2+1' rule: in the same way that sub-beats can be combined as crotchet-quaver (but not the other way round).

Very nice. I notice that the Old Henle version has the last slur ending on the first note of 117; the new Henle has it ending on the previous note.

I think your version is better than both. Well, 'that'll do nicely'. Thank you. I leave it to Daniel to detail the extent of ABRSM influence on Dorico: though the results above are from my own settings, rather than the factory defaults. Yes, I haven't paid much attention to fingering settings in Do...

If you want to see extreme non-curviness in a notation guide check out the Button/Elgar book "System in Musical Notation" from 1919. Novello's style is instantly recognisable and a law unto itself. A lot of it is moveable type, rather than engraving: you can certainly see the joints in th...

"Just for fun", I made my own quick stab at it. These are using my current Dorico settings: the only manual adjustments were that I changed the first long slur (left hand) to a Flat slur. Dorico also wanted the last beam of the 2nd bar (right hand) to be stem up, so I flipped it. I seem to...

Their treble clef has gone from leaning forwards with urgency to listing backwards with lethargy! They've clearly made a decision to avoid white triangles entirely. I agree that any sense of 'direction' has been lost as a result. You're right about the ballooning slurs. I'm not wild about the old be...

I posted this on the Finale forum, but I thought I would mention it here: MakeMusic did mention in passing that the new SMuFL fonts in Finale have been revised and improved over their original counterparts. So, here is the sfz glyph in Maestro: Screenshot 14.png ... and here's the sfz glyph in the n...