Re: Clef design comparision
Posted: 10 Oct 2015, 21:00
It is getting better and better. It is hard for me to see a difference in the boldness, but didn't you also add width, or is this an optical illusion?
All the clefs should be very close to the same width, so this is not possible without changing the widths of the other clefs as well. Mind you, the is a bit little bit wider because of the dots, but that's intentional. The is just as wide as the .OCTO wrote:It looks much better for my eyes.
I think that some width should be added on but remaining the boldness... Possible?
You're absolutely right, a shaved a little bit off the first one to make the second one less bold. The last one posted is just as wide as the first one but a bit less bold.John Ruggero wrote:It is getting better and better. It is hard for me to see a difference in the boldness, but didn't you also add width, or is this an optical illusion?
Thank you, Vaughan!Vaughan wrote:Very attractive font, Knut!
While the sharps are beautiful, won't they be much wider compared to naturals and flats? If that difference is too great, it can create aesthetic spacing problems.
Thank you, John, and thanks again for your input!John Ruggero wrote:All of these symbols are beautiful, Knut. Congratulations! You could even give the slightly angled version of the treble clef as an alternative version for those who like that style. But for me, the upright version is the best.
Thanks, Vaughan!Vaughan wrote:Very good and well-balanced accidentals!
Actually, in this case, this is not inherent in the shapes at all. In Finale there is no way to tune the distance between accidentals in sharp, flat or cancelled key signatures separately. Long ago I figured out that adding a little extra space to the accidental character in the font itself would allow me to set the accidentals in key signatures to zero width without the naturals in cancellations colliding.Vaughan wrote:A problem which might very well be inherent in the basic shape of accidentals is that while I experience the distance between the sharp and the notehead as aesthetically pleasing, the distance between the natural and the notehead is too great. Although I don't necessarily like it, this may be one of the reasons why some music fonts use relatively more compressed sharps: it enables the entire space of notehead + between space + accidental to be more the same.
I really like John's idea of providing two versions of the treble clef.