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by odod
03 Dec 2015, 15:14
Forum: Type and Font Design
Topic: fonts.openlilylib.org in Finale
Replies: 11
Views: 16384

Re: fonts.openlilylib.org in Finale

sir tisimst .. you are the best :) i already converted some of your fonts and to be honest is quite a task .. i made it for sibelius compatible and also for finale .. but i think the size probably should start from 24 not 23
i only converted Haydn and Ross ..
by odod
03 Dec 2015, 13:55
Forum: Type and Font Design
Topic: fonts.openlilylib.org in Finale
Replies: 11
Views: 16384

Re: fonts.openlilylib.org in Finale

ahh i forget that .. yess for finale, the maestro font has more characters ..
by odod
03 Dec 2015, 12:32
Forum: Type and Font Design
Topic: fonts.openlilylib.org in Finale
Replies: 11
Views: 16384

Re: fonts.openlilylib.org in Finale

here's the difference between Lilyfont table and sibelius opus table

the encoding must be changed to MS Symbol first .. and re arrange the table plus you have to tweak some of the character positioning
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by odod
30 Nov 2015, 07:49
Forum: Type and Font Design
Topic: Font collections
Replies: 31
Views: 38953

Re: Font collections

Thank you sir for the kind words

but i already asked Henle people .. they replied my emails .. they told me they use Amadeus .. and some hired engravers had their customized fonts to matched the style .. i think nowadays their font matched by some program called Primus if i am not wrong
by odod
29 Nov 2015, 23:48
Forum: Type and Font Design
Topic: Font collections
Replies: 31
Views: 38953

Re: Font collections

I think that emulating a publisher's style that rely on just music fonts doesn't make so great effect. Everything from music spacing, lines' thickness, beam setings, stem lengths, slur shapes, hairpin settings.. etc etc must be emulated to be close to a particular style. true, but i am just only tr...
by odod
29 Nov 2015, 06:46
Forum: Type and Font Design
Topic: Font collections
Replies: 31
Views: 38953

Re: Font collections

one of my attempt on Sibelius .. to make Henle style .. dunno if it is even close :(
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by odod
29 Nov 2015, 01:18
Forum: Digital Notation Tools
Topic: [MuseScore] Anyone use it?
Replies: 18
Views: 20321

Re: [MuseScore] Anyone use it?

i use musescore in my class .. for Primary 6 composition's
they love it .. and its free also
by odod
26 Nov 2015, 14:55
Forum: Type and Font Design
Topic: Muzitex - for music text
Replies: 29
Views: 37223

Re: Muzitex - for music text

I have been searching for a "perfect" (well, in my opinion) text font for expressions and articulation, for many years. I used so far: Times (and NR), Garamond, Minion, Caslon etc... Nothing was satisfying. Either to bold, or not enough visible, or to curved, or to wide... I have created ...