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- 07 Jul 2016, 18:26
- Forum: Type and Font Design
- Topic: Fonts for Lyrics
- Replies: 39
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Re: Fonts for Lyrics
I've spent the last few days printing out the same page of music with different lyric fonts, and I've decided on ITC Cleartype (aptly named!). I think some other publisher uses it for their house style. It's big on the X and small on the Y, which is what you want from a lyric font. It's quite modern...
- 05 Jul 2016, 11:25
- Forum: Type and Font Design
- Topic: Fonts for Lyrics
- Replies: 39
- Views: 98192
Re: Fonts for Lyrics
Yes, the Ricordi scores seem to use a condensed Century. The ITC Century Book Condensed typeface, perhaps the closest you can buy, is a little too squeezed, IMO.
Of course, the suitability will also depend what other faces are used for titling, expressions.
Of course, the suitability will also depend what other faces are used for titling, expressions.
- 05 Jul 2016, 09:27
- Forum: Type and Font Design
- Topic: Fonts for Lyrics
- Replies: 39
- Views: 98192
Fonts for Lyrics
I seem to be vacillating between various different fonts for lyrics, and I change my mind constantly as to their suitability. Does anyone have any opinions/favourites? I tend to favour a reasonably weighty face that matches the "colour" of the music. Minion is nice, slightly condensed, tho...
- 20 Apr 2016, 13:01
- Forum: Type and Font Design
- Topic: Maestro G Clef
- Replies: 28
- Views: 29890
Re: Maestro G Clef
Of course, Adobe is moving all its fonts to OpenType now, so it has released "Sonata Std" .otf. The problem is that they have re-mapped all the characters to the Unicode section for music symbols, and not the original ASCII characters. So it won't work as a replacement for "legacy&quo...
- 14 Apr 2016, 05:55
- Forum: Problems and Solutions (Help)
- Topic: Finale: Flags and stems
- Replies: 4
- Views: 7864
Re: Finale: Flags and stems
Many thanks for your thoughts.
- 13 Apr 2016, 18:00
- Forum: Problems and Solutions (Help)
- Topic: Finale: Flags and stems
- Replies: 4
- Views: 7864
Finale: Flags and stems
Here's a problem that I have with Finale, and I'd be interested for your thoughts. The default stem thickness in Finale is 0.5pt. If the stem is made any thicker -- even 0.6pt, then it becomes thicker than the tapered end of the quaver flag, and so 'sticks out a bit'. One solution might be to place ...
- 13 Apr 2016, 13:21
- Forum: Type and Font Design
- Topic: Clef design comparision
- Replies: 102
- Views: 121423
Re: Clef design comparision
Ah. Interesting, as I generally find Bravura a bit heavy on the page.
- 13 Apr 2016, 11:00
- Forum: Type and Font Design
- Topic: Clef design comparision
- Replies: 102
- Views: 121423
Re: Clef design comparision
Knut, can you list the fonts in the original post of this thread?
I particularly like the last one on the right.
I particularly like the last one on the right.
- 12 Apr 2016, 19:22
- Forum: Type and Font Design
- Topic: NCS
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6140
Re: NCS
New Century Schoolbook works fine for me, as do all my PostScript, TT and OTF fonts. However, there is a problem in El Cap with third-party font managers (Suitcase, FontExplorerX) activating Type 1 PS fonts if they reside outside the user domain. I think this may have been addressed by updated versi...
- 12 Apr 2016, 08:55
- Forum: Type and Font Design
- Topic: Clef design comparision
- Replies: 102
- Views: 121423
Re: Clef design comparision
It's got right-angles!