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by OCTO
29 Oct 2015, 23:22
Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
Topic: Dynamics: the optical center
Replies: 22
Views: 28284

Re: Dynamics: the optical center

Tchaikovsky uses pppppp. :eek:
by OCTO
29 Oct 2015, 23:17
Forum: Type and Font Design
Topic: Font collections
Replies: 31
Views: 38524

Re: Font collections

Except that it looks astonishing, I would love to have noteheads in the frame of the staff-lines, they look like jumping out.
Or maybe THAT was the purpose?
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by OCTO
29 Oct 2015, 23:06
Forum: Engraving Commentaries
Topic: Spatial piece
Replies: 20
Views: 25014

Re: Spatial piece

Also Scriabin in his later sonatas (5+) uses :ped extremely rare. Everything is written in voices that support/force pedaling. Would the following work for spatial music? The note is held until the little square symbol. Without knowing more about that piece, it is hard to say. What is dashed barline...
by OCTO
29 Oct 2015, 23:01
Forum: Digital Notation Tools
Topic: Lilypond
Replies: 28
Views: 36537

Re: Lilypond

I share same thoughts with John: two shapes I never liked is :t and as well :n .
by OCTO
29 Oct 2015, 09:49
Forum: Digital Notation Tools
Topic: Lilypond
Replies: 28
Views: 36537

Re: Lilypond

Schneider wrote:Sure ! Looks challenging ;)
Thank you.

Here is an example. There are missing woodwinds and brass. Therefore maybe some small spacing deviations.
by OCTO
29 Oct 2015, 06:03
Forum: Engraving Commentaries
Topic: Spatial piece
Replies: 20
Views: 25014

Re: Spatial piece

I do wish there were a way around the thick sustain lines. Why not white notes without stems followed by some kind of termination symbol? Thin lines would be used for gliss That is something I consider now. This is an old piece. In a piece I wrote later, I have used noteheads and lines under. Maybe...
by OCTO
29 Oct 2015, 05:58
Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
Topic: Braces
Replies: 29
Views: 32986

Re: Braces

What excels Fred's brace is the perfect harmony with clefs in the BW-domain. Now I am even more convinced about color harmony between braces and clefs.
by OCTO
29 Oct 2015, 05:43
Forum: Type and Font Design
Topic: Font collections
Replies: 31
Views: 38524

Font collections

I don't know if it is better place than "Sites" sub-forum, but I guess anyone interested in fonts will look first here.

Interesting collection, worth to mention:
https://fonts.openlilylib.org/

My favorites:
- Beethoven
- Cadence
- Profondo
- Sebastiano
- Scorlatti
by OCTO
28 Oct 2015, 19:53
Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
Topic: Boosey twitters about accidental kerning
Replies: 6
Views: 11404

Boosey twitters about accidental kerning

OMG! Engraving rules as tweets... Done in SCORE.
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However, I have examples of B&H's scores far from being so meticulous... :cool: