Vintage BH: New SMuFL Fonts

[NorFonts]

Hi,

This is my latest engraver font design: “Vintage BH”, a vintage SMuFL font coming in 3 weight, Light (Vintage BH Light), Standard (Vintage BH), and Heavy (Vintage BH STD).

PDF samples:

https://norfonts.ma/en/wp-content/uploa ... llegro.pdf
https://norfonts.ma/en/wp-content/uploa ... -Force.pdf
https://norfonts.ma/en/wp-content/uploa ... ending.pdf
https://norfonts.ma/en/wp-content/uploa ... rmezzo.pdf
https://norfonts.ma/en/wp-content/uploa ... traume.pdf
https://norfonts.ma/en/wp-content/uploa ... -Fugue.pdf
https://norfonts.ma/en/wp-content/uploa ... Sonata.pdf
https://norfonts.ma/en/wp-content/uploa ... -Major.pdf
https://norfonts.ma/en/wp-content/uploa ... relude.pdf
https://norfonts.ma/en/wp-content/uploa ... zurkas.pdf
https://norfonts.ma/en/wp-content/uploa ... d-Moll.pdf
https://norfonts.ma/en/wp-content/uploa ... -Suite.pdf
https://norfonts.ma/en/wp-content/uploa ... shaken.pdf


https://norfonts.ma/en/wp-content/uploa ... llegro.pdf
https://norfonts.ma/en/wp-content/uploa ... -Force.pdf
https://norfonts.ma/en/wp-content/uploa ... ending.pdf
https://norfonts.ma/en/wp-content/uploa ... rmezzo.pdf
https://norfonts.ma/en/wp-content/uploa ... traume.pdf
https://norfonts.ma/en/wp-content/uploa ... -Fugue.pdf
https://norfonts.ma/en/wp-content/uploa ... Sonata.pdf
https://norfonts.ma/en/wp-content/uploa ... -Major.pdf
https://norfonts.ma/en/wp-content/uploa ... relude.pdf
https://norfonts.ma/en/wp-content/uploa ... zurkas.pdf
https://norfonts.ma/en/wp-content/uploa ... d-Moll.pdf
https://norfonts.ma/en/wp-content/uploa ... -Suite.pdf
https://norfonts.ma/en/wp-content/uploa ... shaken.pdf


https://norfonts.ma/en/wp-content/uploa ... llegro.pdf
https://norfonts.ma/en/wp-content/uploa ... -Force.pdf
https://norfonts.ma/en/wp-content/uploa ... ending.pdf
https://norfonts.ma/en/wp-content/uploa ... rmezzo.pdf
https://norfonts.ma/en/wp-content/uploa ... traume.pdf
https://norfonts.ma/en/wp-content/uploa ... -Fugue.pdf
https://norfonts.ma/en/wp-content/uploa ... Sonata.pdf
https://norfonts.ma/en/wp-content/uploa ... -Major.pdf
https://norfonts.ma/en/wp-content/uploa ... relude.pdf
https://norfonts.ma/en/wp-content/uploa ... zurkas.pdf
https://norfonts.ma/en/wp-content/uploa ... d-Moll.pdf
https://norfonts.ma/en/wp-content/uploa ... -Suite.pdf
https://norfonts.ma/en/wp-content/uploa ... shaken.pdf

Website: https://norfonts.ma/en/product/vintage-bh-smufl-fonts/

[OCTO]

Beautiful!

Reminds me somewhat of Susato in softness.
You know, @wessmusic has developed a in-house font called Vintage as well!

[NorFonts]

after 1001 views, I get one feedback from you OCTO, thanks a lot for your comment. I know about Wess's fonts.

[John Ruggero]

More feedback: I like everything about your new font (even your forward-leaning treble clef) except for:

1. The sudden thickening in the middle of the bass clef doesn't look natural to me. And the dots are too big.
2. The secondary clefs looks a little small in the examples, but I assume that the user can adjust this to their taste.

[Harpsichordmaker]

A beautiful font, I have only very small details to point out.

is too much leaning forward.
Same for the
Augmentation dots too big.
internal eye too much oriented towards left (but probably this has been done to be consistent with the which on the contrary I like very much.
has a too thin tail and overall seems “stiff”.
is beautiful, while has angles too stiff. is in the middle, but I’d prefer angles just a tad more rounded.

I like the tail, not too ample and the stroke not too thick nor too thin.

Please don’t take my remarks as criticism. It’s just a matter of a micron here and there in a overall fantastic font (I confess however I can’t stand G-clefs leaning forward… this is my biggest regret).
i tried once to make my own font and oh boy, it’s just far outside my skills…

[NorFonts]

Thanks for all your comments and remarks, I appreciate it.

Please note that I've tried to emulate exactly the music notation style of Breitkopf & Härtel, that's why you see those uncommon shapes.

[OCTO]

If I may ask you, NorFonts, you have produced so many fonts already, do you have a success selling them and also do you have any success stories where they are used?

About examples: it would be better to use a template file with various elements closer to each other. It means, it would't be difficult to see numerous and various symbols at one single page.