Re: A modern looking score in 2018?
Posted: 27 Jun 2018, 01:58
okay, i am about to give attempt with sans style .. here you go,
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Thank you for thoughts and your offer and I will contact you as soon as I make some progress with my font projectodod wrote:so i think, you do not need to worry about the font, engraving is an art, that is why sometimes artists don't follow the rules, the real artists were those who "invented their own stylistic art into a working ground rule every time they started a new one, and sometimes new things came after one and another". feel free to contact me personally if you are interested in developing music font together (i have tons of ideas)
Maybe I am too touchy (not sure if this is the right word!) but I find this statement very categorical.OCTO wrote:Now, if we take these scores away to a reasonable distance, the first example is much more readable than the second one.
Simply said, the perception and the size is much more efficient with the stylised serif; one that ignore this fact is making just more trouble in engraving. One could say that sans is perfectly readable is maybe just having a placebo...
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 dare to change this sanctuary?"Schonbergian wrote:This is what I truly don't understand. You're trying to make something that's less ostentatious by searching for and/or creating symbols that will inherently catch the eye because of their striking difference to those used everywhere else in music. I must confess that I don't see the point in this.
There's certainly room for experimentation and different styles within music; I think what you propose is counter-productive to your aims.
You can make a simple test. Just print out these two pages and put it on the music stand. Than, take a step back, try to read. Go further back slowly, and see at what point one of the scores is not readable any more.teacue wrote: ↑28 Jun 2018, 10:40Maybe I am too touchy (not sure if this is the right word!) but I find this statement very categorical.OCTO wrote:Now, if we take these scores away to a reasonable distance, the first example is much more readable than the second one.
Simply said, the perception and the size is much more efficient with the stylised serif; one that ignore this fact is making just more trouble in engraving. One could say that sans is perfectly readable is maybe just having a placebo...
Could it be that readability depends on who is looking at the score and for what purpose?
Could it be that it also depends on the aesthetical taste of the observer?
Now with this I completely agree with you