Is it legal to mix Maestro, Engraver and Putrucci fonts and sell it? Abel K.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Chuck Israels" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Greg Hamilton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2004 3:52 AM Subject: [Finale] BD notes etc. > List members: > > A couple of months ago, I bought Bill Duncan's Finale productivity > package mostly out of interest in his chord font, which is far more > sophisticated than anything I have been able to do with Finale's chord > suffix editor. It sat around, only casually read and looking > dauntingly complex, for a long time. Then a follow up email from Bill > encouraged communication, and I discovered that he had moved from LA > and is now living within a couple of hours drive from Bellingham. All > this lead (yesterday) to a visit from Bill and a long day's exploration > of what is in his fonts and templates. Bill's style is designed for > maximum clarity and unmistakable sight reading - LA recording session > graphics rather than elegant "Henle" engraving and artistic beauty. > Nevertheless, as we explored the things he has done, many generally > useful and timesaving devices turned up, and some other things that I > find quite beautiful. Besides this, Bill's attitude about his package > is that he'd like to make it generally useful to others whose style may > diverge from the needs of sight reading/recording sessions. So the > five or six hours we spent looking at things and considering what might > be changed (mostly to suit my eye for graphic balance and readability) > turned out to be very productive. > > 24 hours later, Bill emailed modified chord suffix elements and slash > fonts (to my specifications!), and I am simply delighted at what has > turned out to be a level of custom programming I had no idea I would be > able to find, let alone just be given in return for my interest in > Bill's work and a home cooked meal (thanks to Margot). Bill's chord > suffix creator is bug and tweak free and produces what, to my eye, are > compact, clear, and elegant results. The chord symbols are a good > size, and you can use his existing library or create (easily) any kind > of suffixes you like. The results are so much better than what I > produced under my own steam (and had accepted as pretty good), that I > wish I had found this long ago. > > Now there is a plan afoot for us to meet again, and to include Greg > Hamilton, a meticulous and experienced Vancouver Finale engraver (and > friend/former student of mine), to see what other things might be > modified and/or included that would address problems, input speed > issues, control of consistency, etc., that might be improved as Bill > updates his package to include Finale 2004 changes. (The existing > package was designed for 2002.) I thought it might be good to alert > interested people to this activity and to the fact that I have found > many useful things in this package. This has turned out to be fun. > I'll keep you all posted over the next couple of months as things > develop. > > I know this missive is somewhat in the form of "the dreaded > infomercial," so I hope it will be taken in the friendly spirit in > which it is offered. > > Chuck > > > > > > Chuck Israels > 230 North Garden Terrace > Bellingham, WA 98225-5836 > phone (360) 671-3402 > fax (360) 676-6055 > www.chuckisraels.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
