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by jrethorst
01 Jul 2025, 02:09
Forum: Engraving Commentaries
Topic: Staff and leger line thicknesses
Replies: 10
Views: 229

Re: Staff and leger line thicknesses

I opened Bravura.json, a file that's installed with Bravura, in BBEdit. The first section is pasted below. You can open the json file that comes with the font you're using and compare the specs. { "fontName":"Bravura", "fontVersion":1.392, "engravingDefaults":...
by jrethorst
30 Jun 2025, 19:41
Forum: Engraving Commentaries
Topic: Staff and leger line thicknesses
Replies: 10
Views: 229

Re: Staff and leger line thicknesses

I think that settings in the .json file for the font you're using can affect staff line thickness if, when you choose the font from the Music Fonts menu in Dorico, you check the box to Use Font's Recommended Engraving Options.
by jrethorst
18 May 2025, 21:53
Forum: Type and Font Design
Topic: Splentino - by benwiggy
Replies: 2
Views: 2350

Re: Splentino - by benwiggy

It's a variation on the fine traditional font Plantin, and it's very well done. Thanks Ben.
by jrethorst
17 May 2025, 16:45
Forum: Books and Sites
Topic: Music Theory Forum?
Replies: 4
Views: 3159

Re: Music Theory Forum?

Reddit and Facebook both have theory forums. I haven't followed them enough to know how similar they are to notat.io.
by jrethorst
30 Apr 2025, 13:03
Forum: Digital Notation Tools
Topic: Dorico 6 released!
Replies: 12
Views: 11604

Re: Dorico 6 released!

Nice review, Ben! Thank you.

John R.
by jrethorst
24 Apr 2025, 02:14
Forum: News - Questions - Suggestions
Topic: New member
Replies: 4
Views: 27243

Re: New member

No "like" function or "read" indication that I know of. The forum software seems to have a lot of features, most of which I don't know how to use. Take a look at Notifications (towards the top right) > Settings. I don't know what kind of Notifications it means, but there are a lo...
by jrethorst
23 Apr 2025, 20:40
Forum: News - Questions - Suggestions
Topic: New member
Replies: 4
Views: 27243

Re: New member

> Is this site on par with MET? It's just my opinion, that this site's discussions are largely at a higher professional level than Facebook's Music Engraving Tips, although I enjoy following discussions there as well. > he claims Gould does some “weird things” I've heard others say that. Gould works...
by jrethorst
03 Jan 2025, 01:19
Forum: Digital Notation Tools
Topic: HB Music Engraver
Replies: 8
Views: 29259

Re: HB Music Engraver

Have you asked the Guitar School in Iceland if they would share it?
by jrethorst
24 Nov 2024, 22:12
Forum: News - Questions - Suggestions
Topic: The End of FINALE
Replies: 43
Views: 979591

Re: The End of FINALE

MuseScore is rapidly becoming the de facto standard for digital sheet music. Are we seeing more Finale users migrate to Musescore than to Dorico? Does Musescore have much more functionality than Dorico SE? More than Dorico Elements? ($99 shouldn't slow down a serious user of a notation program, and...