Old Music Standard

[OCTO]

Here is my port of Old Standard, for use within music as text for expression, articulation and so on.
I have fixed the italic f in order to look similar to the stylised f.

version 1.

[John Ruggero]

Fantastic, OCTO!!! This looks like the one I've been waiting for. Goodbye TNR.

[Dan Kreider]

This is really, really well done. The letter spacing is a bit wide, but it grew on me almost instantly. Bravo.

You should post this on Music Engraving Tips, as well as a few other forums, if you haven't already. If you're not on Facebook, I'd be happy to post it, if you have a link or suggested means of making it available.

[OCTO]

This is really, really well done. The letter spacing is a bit wide, but it grew on me almost instantly. Bravo.

You should post this on Music Engraving Tips, as well as a few other forums, if you haven't already. If you're not on Facebook, I'd be happy to post it, if you have a link or suggested means of making it available.

Thank you. I find a wider spacing somehow useful within music, having in mind Espressivo font (but too wide spacing).

No, I am not on the FaceBook, you can post the link there I would be more than happy, thanks for that.

[John Ruggero]

I like the wide spacing and would actually prefer more space between the two l's in Allegro, which seem to be touching. Also the left sloping line on the capitol A is a little too thick for my taste:

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[David.]

This is great OCTO! Thank you very much. However, I noticed the ligature œ does seem to match very well. But thank you again.

[JoshNichols]

This is great OCTO! Thank you very much. However, I noticed the ligature œ does seem to match very well. But thank you again.

This is because the "oe" ligature doesn't exist. It's borrowed from a template.

[OCTO]

I will fix all that in the next version.
Please report any other issue.

One thing is that if you zoom to 1000% you can see many things perhaps you wouldn't like, however when printed it is not likely to be noticed at all.

[benwiggy]

There's a world of Czech composers who would love their names to be in this font. Bedřich Smetana, Leoš Janáček, ....

I'd also suggest that the <> glyphs are too large, compared to most other fonts. They are usually just big enough to 'enclose' the x-height.

But a really lovely font. Thank you. Well done on all your hard work.

[David Reis]

Hey OCTO,

I know this thread is a few years old but I'm wondering if the download link for the Od Standard Music font is the latest version of this font. Thanks.

Dave