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Vintage BH: New SMuFL Fonts

Posted: 21 Aug 2024, 08:26
by NorFonts
Hi,

This is my latest engraver font design: “Vintage BH”, a vintage SMuFL font coming in 3 weight, Light (Vintage BH Light), Standard (Vintage BH), and Heavy (Vintage BH STD).

PDF samples:

https://norfonts.ma/en/wp-content/uploa ... llegro.pdf
https://norfonts.ma/en/wp-content/uploa ... -Force.pdf
https://norfonts.ma/en/wp-content/uploa ... ending.pdf
https://norfonts.ma/en/wp-content/uploa ... rmezzo.pdf
https://norfonts.ma/en/wp-content/uploa ... traume.pdf
https://norfonts.ma/en/wp-content/uploa ... -Fugue.pdf
https://norfonts.ma/en/wp-content/uploa ... Sonata.pdf
https://norfonts.ma/en/wp-content/uploa ... -Major.pdf
https://norfonts.ma/en/wp-content/uploa ... relude.pdf
https://norfonts.ma/en/wp-content/uploa ... zurkas.pdf
https://norfonts.ma/en/wp-content/uploa ... d-Moll.pdf
https://norfonts.ma/en/wp-content/uploa ... -Suite.pdf
https://norfonts.ma/en/wp-content/uploa ... shaken.pdf


https://norfonts.ma/en/wp-content/uploa ... llegro.pdf
https://norfonts.ma/en/wp-content/uploa ... -Force.pdf
https://norfonts.ma/en/wp-content/uploa ... ending.pdf
https://norfonts.ma/en/wp-content/uploa ... rmezzo.pdf
https://norfonts.ma/en/wp-content/uploa ... traume.pdf
https://norfonts.ma/en/wp-content/uploa ... -Fugue.pdf
https://norfonts.ma/en/wp-content/uploa ... Sonata.pdf
https://norfonts.ma/en/wp-content/uploa ... -Major.pdf
https://norfonts.ma/en/wp-content/uploa ... relude.pdf
https://norfonts.ma/en/wp-content/uploa ... zurkas.pdf
https://norfonts.ma/en/wp-content/uploa ... d-Moll.pdf
https://norfonts.ma/en/wp-content/uploa ... -Suite.pdf
https://norfonts.ma/en/wp-content/uploa ... shaken.pdf


https://norfonts.ma/en/wp-content/uploa ... llegro.pdf
https://norfonts.ma/en/wp-content/uploa ... -Force.pdf
https://norfonts.ma/en/wp-content/uploa ... ending.pdf
https://norfonts.ma/en/wp-content/uploa ... rmezzo.pdf
https://norfonts.ma/en/wp-content/uploa ... traume.pdf
https://norfonts.ma/en/wp-content/uploa ... -Fugue.pdf
https://norfonts.ma/en/wp-content/uploa ... Sonata.pdf
https://norfonts.ma/en/wp-content/uploa ... -Major.pdf
https://norfonts.ma/en/wp-content/uploa ... relude.pdf
https://norfonts.ma/en/wp-content/uploa ... zurkas.pdf
https://norfonts.ma/en/wp-content/uploa ... d-Moll.pdf
https://norfonts.ma/en/wp-content/uploa ... -Suite.pdf
https://norfonts.ma/en/wp-content/uploa ... shaken.pdf

Website: https://norfonts.ma/en/product/vintage-bh-smufl-fonts/

Re: Vintage BH: New SMuFL Fonts

Posted: 22 Aug 2024, 21:46
by OCTO
Beautiful!

Reminds me somewhat of Susato in softness.
You know, @wessmusic has developed a in-house font called Vintage as well!

Re: Vintage BH: New SMuFL Fonts

Posted: 23 Aug 2024, 11:14
by NorFonts
after 1001 views, I get one feedback from you OCTO, thanks a lot for your comment. I know about Wess's fonts.

Re: Vintage BH: New SMuFL Fonts

Posted: 23 Aug 2024, 20:48
by John Ruggero
More feedback: I like everything about your new font (even your forward-leaning treble clef) except for:

1. The sudden thickening in the middle of the bass clef doesn't look natural to me. And the dots are too big.
2. The secondary clefs looks a little small in the examples, but I assume that the user can adjust this to their taste.

Re: Vintage BH: New SMuFL Fonts

Posted: 23 Aug 2024, 23:54
by Harpsichordmaker
A beautiful font, I have only very small details to point out.

:t is too much leaning forward.
Same for the :4r
Augmentation dots too big.
:6 internal eye too much oriented towards left (but probably this has been done to be consistent with the :5 which on the contrary I like very much.
:n2 has a too thin tail and overall seems “stiff”.
:f is beautiful, while :n has angles too stiff. :s is in the middle, but I’d prefer angles just a tad more rounded.

:3 I like the tail, not too ample and the stroke not too thick nor too thin.

Please don’t take my remarks as criticism. It’s just a matter of a micron here and there in a overall fantastic font (I confess however I can’t stand G-clefs leaning forward… this is my biggest regret).
i tried once to make my own font and oh boy, it’s just far outside my skills…

Re: Vintage BH: New SMuFL Fonts

Posted: 24 Aug 2024, 08:10
by NorFonts
Thanks for all your comments and remarks, I appreciate it.

Please note that I've tried to emulate exactly the music notation style of Breitkopf & Härtel, that's why you see those uncommon shapes.

Re: Vintage BH: New SMuFL Fonts

Posted: 24 Aug 2024, 13:44
by OCTO
If I may ask you, NorFonts, you have produced so many fonts already, do you have a success selling them and also do you have any success stories where they are used?

About examples: it would be better to use a template file with various elements closer to each other. It means, it would't be difficult to see numerous and various symbols at one single page.