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by benwiggy
02 Jul 2025, 11:47
Forum: Type and Font Design
Topic: Splentino - by benwiggy
Replies: 3
Views: 2410

Re: Splentino - by benwiggy

You may be interested in this little article I've written about the creation of the typeface.

https://blog.dorico.com/2025/06/the-spl ... al-scores/
by benwiggy
02 Jul 2025, 08:11
Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
Topic: "durational equivalent" name?
Replies: 3
Views: 554

Re: "durational equivalent" name?

Yes, I'd call it a Tempo equation or metric modulation. Dorico's manual uses "Tempo equations"; but searching for metric modulations will also bring it up (albeit not the first entry). If you just enter "Tempo marks" or "Tempo indications", then one of the first entries...
by benwiggy
01 Jul 2025, 16:51
Forum: Engraving Commentaries
Topic: Staff and leger line thicknesses
Replies: 10
Views: 328

Re: Staff and leger line thicknesses

The JSON values are used when you check the option to use the font's defaults, in the Music Fonts dialog.

Otherwise, Dorico uses the values in Engraving Options, which may be different.
by benwiggy
27 Jun 2025, 10:16
Forum: Digital Notation Tools
Topic: Dorico 6.0.10 update!
Replies: 8
Views: 3287

Re: Dorico 6.0.10 update!

hautbois baryton wrote: 23 Jun 2025, 19:02 @benwiggy - in your opinion, what type of works look best for Splentino?
Pretty much anything! On one hand, it's a formal traditional face, like Garamond or Bembo; but I think it has a cuddly warmth that makes it a bit friendlier.
by benwiggy
24 Jun 2025, 13:56
Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
Topic: Some remarkable engraving
Replies: 4
Views: 649

Re: Some remarkable engraving

I do love these insights, John. Thank you for posting them.
by benwiggy
19 Jun 2025, 12:37
Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
Topic: Resized staff/note and line thickness
Replies: 6
Views: 1608

Re: Resized staff/note and line thickness

It has also been noted that Dorico scales slurs from grace notes, too. You can change the scale on a slur to "Normal" in the Properties, (though it's not always an improvement, given the short compass -- they can look like a dead slug.) I think most computer software has been guilty of jus...
by benwiggy
19 Jun 2025, 07:50
Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
Topic: Fold out page in PDF
Replies: 4
Views: 523

Re: Fold out page in PDF

Details like fold-outs need to be clearly described in instructions to the printer. Adobe did create a format called JDF -- "Job Definition Format", to go with PDF, which was an attempt to create a digital standard for defining print job instructions, but it didn't take off in the print in...
by benwiggy
05 Jun 2025, 11:05
Forum: Digital Notation Tools
Topic: Dorico 6.0.10 update!
Replies: 8
Views: 3287

Re: Dorico 6.0.10 update!

Ah yes. Hopefully corrected!
by benwiggy
03 Jun 2025, 17:08
Forum: Digital Notation Tools
Topic: Dorico 6.0.10 update!
Replies: 8
Views: 3287

Re: Dorico 6.10 update!

Yes, it can do all that. And I dare say that the Cutaway feature will also be useful for creating musical 'snippets' on a worksheet or other page of examples.