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by benwiggy
10 Sep 2025, 11:19
Forum: Type and Font Design
Topic: Modified Dorico Flags Comparison
Replies: 6
Views: 1439

Re: Modified Dorico Flags Comparison

You can simply switch to it in Library > Music Fonts. But there are several projects that use it on my new webpage of Dorico files available for download.

https://ancientgroove.co.uk/dorico/index.html
by benwiggy
06 Sep 2025, 18:29
Forum: Type and Font Design
Topic: Modified Dorico Flags Comparison
Replies: 6
Views: 1439

Re: Modified Dorico Flags Comparison

If you have Dorico, you should also have Sebastian, which has different flags from Bravura.

TBH, I'm not wild about short flags, whatever they look like. :)
by benwiggy
02 Sep 2025, 18:54
Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
Topic: Dynamics - neither loud nor soft
Replies: 22
Views: 4801

Re: Dynamics - neither loud nor soft

I tend to think of all dynamics as being varying degrees of either piano or forte. Mezzo is as much a qualifier as --issimo.
by benwiggy
30 Aug 2025, 13:14
Forum: Manual Notation
Topic: Pica Ruler
Replies: 0
Views: 3739

Pica Ruler

Slightly OT perhaps, but I just bought a metal Pica ruler. One thousand, two hundred and ninety six points long! I've had a plastic point rule for some time, but finally got my hands on a metal one. I've always preferred working in points, as it fits for all purposes -- 1pt line, 12pt type, 48pt mar...
by benwiggy
29 Aug 2025, 14:32
Forum: Engraving Commentaries
Topic: Beaming in Faure's Cantique
Replies: 8
Views: 10245

Re: Beaming in Faure's Cantique

Right ho.

I'll be making the Dorico file available to the public, when it's finished, so you can see the whole thing.
by benwiggy
29 Aug 2025, 13:47
Forum: Engraving Commentaries
Topic: Beaming in Faure's Cantique
Replies: 8
Views: 10245

Re: Beaming in Faure's Cantique

Thanks, John. I'm not entirely sure how something like this prevents coherent voice leading; but I'm prepared to accept that I shouldn't change it. Screenshot.png He only uses centered beams when there is a melody present above the triplets that prevents the usual beaming style. I thought that: thou...
by benwiggy
29 Aug 2025, 13:02
Forum: Engraving Commentaries
Topic: Beaming in Faure's Cantique
Replies: 8
Views: 10245

Re: Beaming in Faure's Cantique

No: I'm talking about the original beaming and slurring that can be seen in the linked image.

Nevermind the spacing: that will change when I finish the document. My defaults are certainly not the factory defaults, and may well need changing for this piece.
by benwiggy
29 Aug 2025, 09:47
Forum: Engraving Commentaries
Topic: Beaming in Faure's Cantique
Replies: 8
Views: 10245

Re: Beaming in Faure's Cantique

There's also inconsistencies in the slurring. Most of the time, phrases like this have the slur flipped beneath (potentially looking like two tied notes).

But these three are done differently.
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by benwiggy
29 Aug 2025, 08:06
Forum: Engraving Commentaries
Topic: Beaming in Faure's Cantique
Replies: 8
Views: 10245

Beaming in Faure's Cantique

I'm copying Fauré's Cantique de Jean Racine, and I have lots of questions about the beaming in the keyboard part. There's a tuplet texture all the way through. Firstly, is the cross-staff really advantageous? Wouldn't this be clearer if it was all in one staff? Ab below isn't that low; neither is D ...
by benwiggy
12 Aug 2025, 07:03
Forum: Type and Font Design
Topic: Splentino - by benwiggy
Replies: 8
Views: 80374

Re: Splentino - by benwiggy

It's automatically generated by FontLab:

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