A case for slab serifs in music
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Re: A case for slab serifs in music
I especially like the numerals. However, if I were to use this in my own publications, I would need a heavier variant - that being said, the design itself is excellent.
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Congratulation, Knut! It looks really great.
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Thank you!Schonbergian wrote: ↑23 Sep 2017, 19:21 I especially like the numerals. However, if I were to use this in my own publications, I would need a heavier variant - that being said, the design itself is excellent.
Glad you like the numerals, and BTW, open style 4 and 1 with diagonal terminal (as commonly seen in time signatures) will be the style used for at least the semibold and bold weights. I have considered using them for all weights, but they are a lot less legible than their counterparts at small sizes when strokes get on the thinner side.
I'm curious how heavy you would need the font to be to be able to use it. After all, the regular weight shown here is heavier than the outlined version of Hercules Text used in liuscorne's example above. I was planning on including three weights: Regular, Semibold and Bold, but a Medium weight might be in order as well.
Thank you, liuscorne! I'm really glad you like it.
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I can't give you any sort of objective weight specification, just my subjective eye - but if this is the Regular weight, than I think a Medium weight would be perfect. My engraving is often much heavier than the example you linked, and I feel a heavier font would be needed to balance it out.Knut wrote: ↑23 Sep 2017, 20:50 I'm curious how heavy you would need the font to be to be able to use it. After all, the regular weight shown here is heavier than the outlined version of Hercules Text used in liuscorne's example above. I was planning on including three weights: Regular, Semibold and Bold, but a Medium weight might be in order as well.
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the G clef looks like SCORE or Partita font .. but i prefer this one
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Re: A case for slab serifs in music
your EDITION PETERS looks a bit problematic with the kerning or spacing, the spacing between P and E, D iti on .. or maybe my monitor resolution liuscorne my attempt
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Re: A case for slab serifs in music
BTW: The font used for "Edition Peters" in my example is called Tenso. You can get the Regular weight for free:
https://www.myfonts.com/fonts/exljbris/tenso/
Tenso comes quite close in appearance to the original Peters scores. Since the original is basically a sans serif version of the Scotch Roman font style, the little "hooks" (see for example /t and /r) are part of the design. However, Knut's version (Univers condensed?) works well too.
https://www.myfonts.com/fonts/exljbris/tenso/
Tenso comes quite close in appearance to the original Peters scores. Since the original is basically a sans serif version of the Scotch Roman font style, the little "hooks" (see for example /t and /r) are part of the design. However, Knut's version (Univers condensed?) works well too.
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I don't see the problem in print from the pdf, so I think this must be a display/hinting issue. In any case, I didn't design the sans serif font, so I have no license to mess with the spacing.
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Exactly right! Impressive. I love Univers condensed and have used it a lot for engraving purposes. I agree, though that Tenso is closer to the original.liuscorne wrote: ↑25 Sep 2017, 15:31 BTW: The font used for "Edition Peters" in my example is called Tenso. You can get the Regular weight for free:
https://www.myfonts.com/fonts/exljbris/tenso/
Tenso comes quite close in appearance to the original Peters scores. Since the original is basically a sans serif version of the Scotch Roman font style, the little "hooks" (see for example /t and /r) are part of the design. However, Knut's version (Univers condensed?) works well too.
I've never noticed how the original font is so closely related to the Scotch serif style. It makes an excellent starting point for a sans serif version of my own font. Maybe some day ...