The Arranger: my new SMuFL font

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NorFonts
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The Arranger: my new SMuFL font

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Hello everyone,

I’m pleased to announce the release of The Arranger, a new handwritten SMuFL font family designed for Dorico, as well as Finale v27+ and MuseScore 4.6+.

The Arranger is inspired by the traditional hand-copied jazz and Broadway score aesthetic, with a style influenced by the elegance of classic copyist notation. The family includes two complementary SMuFL music fonts:

The Arranger — the standard weight, with a confident and highly legible handwritten appearance.
The Arranger Lighter — a more open and refined version, with a lighter visual density.
The package also includes 10 matching jazz-style text fonts, allowing the music symbols, text, chord symbols, boxed indications and score markings to share a coherent handwritten character.

PDF samples

https://norfont.com/en/wp-content/uploa ... ending.pdf
https://norfont.com/en/wp-content/uploa ... ending.pdf
https://norfont.com/en/wp-content/uploa ... LIGREE.pdf
https://norfont.com/en/wp-content/uploa ... LIGREE.pdf
https://norfont.com/en/wp-content/uploa ... s-1913.pdf
https://norfont.com/en/wp-content/uploa ... s-1913.pdf
https://norfont.com/en/wp-content/uploa ... s-1913.pdf
https://norfont.com/en/wp-content/uploa ... s-1913.pdf
https://norfont.com/en/wp-content/uploa ... s-1913.pdf
https://norfont.com/en/wp-content/uploa ... s-1913.pdf
https://norfont.com/en/wp-content/uploa ... s-In-F.pdf
https://norfont.com/en/wp-content/uploa ... -In-Bb.pdf
https://norfont.com/en/wp-content/uploa ... Chords.pdf
https://norfont.com/en/wp-content/uploa ... traume.pdf
https://norfont.com/en/wp-content/uploa ... traume.pdf
https://norfont.com/en/wp-content/uploa ... ations.pdf
https://norfont.com/en/wp-content/uploa ... ations.pdf
https://norfont.com/en/wp-content/uploa ... ection.pdf

Product page: https://norfont.com/en/product/the-arra ... ufl-fonts/

Best regards,
—Nor Eddine Bahha

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Nor Eddine Bahha
https://norfont.com
Pianist, composer/arranger, author and Type Designer
JAZZOLOGY Book: https://www.halleonard.com/product/311167/jazzology
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Magnus Johansson
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Re: The Arranger: my new SMuFL font

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Hello, Nor, and thank you for showing your work! The font looks nice but I think the G clef should mark only one line, and the F clef have its initial "ball" on the line marked by the two dots.
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Re: The Arranger: my new SMuFL font

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Thanks, Magnus! I’ll get that sorted out. I really value your input.
Nor Eddine Bahha
https://norfont.com
Pianist, composer/arranger, author and Type Designer
JAZZOLOGY Book: https://www.halleonard.com/product/311167/jazzology
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Re: The Arranger: my new SMuFL font

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You're welcome, Nor. Please let me know when you have sorted it out.
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