On 16.02.2003 8:53 Uhr, d. collins wrote > Johannes Gebauer �crit: >> Wouldn't it be easier to just make a sample page yourself, using any musical >> symbol you can think of? >> You definitely need all the clefs, flags, trills, fermata, ... > > I'm afraid that simply juxtaposing all the symbols won't give a good idea > of what the font will look like in a real piece of music. I'd rather have a > few things missing (especially if they are for elements for which it is > easy to change the font - a fermata, for instance, or any other > articulation), but something "real". I'm also convinced that all the > elements aren't as important to judge a font. When I look at a font, the > first thing I see is the G-clef, which is probably the most characteristic > symbol of any music font, at least for me. Then if I could have the F-clef, > the time signatures, all the noteheads, flags for eighths and sixteenths, > accidentals, and rests, I think that would be sufficient.
Why don't you just take a page of your own engraving and try it out with different fonts? That's how I did it. > > By the way, Johannes, didn't you mention some time ago you were comparing > different music fonts? Did you come to any conclusions? I'd be quite > interested in reading opinions on the different music fonts. I have looked at all I could find. Eventually I ended up using the Xinfonia font as a basis for a new font I more or less made myself (adding the missing symbols, changing the look of flags and noteheads). I have now got a font that I like very much and use for projects where I want to have my very own personal look. Johannes -- http://www.musikmanufaktur.com http://www.camerata-berolinensis.de _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
