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HB Music Engraver
Posted: 19 May 2018, 10:21
by odod
I am kinda interested with the output result of this piece of software that i've never used. This guy is really amazing, he also shares his works for public.
https://eythorsson.wordpress.com/the-guitar-school/
the font looks like the one that Sher music is using, the combination of its own clef with opus's noteflag
short description is here
http://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/hb-engraver/108
and here
https://www.emaculation.com/forum/viewt ... f=1&t=9515
and here's the output sample

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Re: HB Music Engraver
Posted: 23 May 2018, 14:55
by benwiggy
At first glance, the beam stems look too tall.
Isn't it ancient legacy software? The article is from 1986 !
Re: HB Music Engraver
Posted: 24 May 2018, 17:06
by Schonbergian
I've seen this used on ancient computer scores from the 90s. I think most users had to write in the lyrics by hand with it.
Definitely not a fan of the output.
Re: HB Music Engraver
Posted: 26 May 2018, 16:38
by jrethorst
As an aside, some guitarists don't like Thorlaksson's arrangements.
Re: HB Music Engraver
Posted: 26 May 2018, 16:44
by jrethorst
It would be nice to find a web site showcasing old notation programs with examples of interface and output. Professional Composer / Composer's Mosaic. Igor Engraver, Personal Composer, Amadeus / Vivaldi.
http://www.acadiau.ca/~gcallon/www/others.htm has others.
Re: HB Music Engraver
Posted: 31 Dec 2024, 16:30
by struwwelpeter
I can't remember the site policy on resurrecting old threads - my apologies in advance if I'm committing a faux pas.
I'm trying to get HB Engraver running on a Classic Mac OS emulator using a collection of rather fragmented backups from the 90s. I've got it going successfully, but I can't generate PostScript output because I think I'm missing (or have corrupted files of) some of the PostScript Type 1 fonts.
Does anyone still have access to this, and if so, could they share the Interlude Type 1 font with me?
Re: HB Music Engraver
Posted: 03 Jan 2025, 01:19
by jrethorst
Have you asked the Guitar School in Iceland if they would share it?
Re: HB Music Engraver
Posted: 03 Jan 2025, 07:38
by odod

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I was able to recreate the font, based on very minimal resources

I think it's not quite the same though.
Re: HB Music Engraver
Posted: 03 Jan 2025, 10:36
by struwwelpeter
Thanks for the tip about the Iceland school, John - I've just emailed them.