On Jan 22, 2006, at 4:26 PM, Éric Dussault wrote:
I'm not sure I remember ever seeing a Sans Serif font for tuplet in
pre-computerized music publications, but I may be wrong.
You often see it in contemporary music. See, e.g., Xenakis: Eonta
(Boosey and Hawkes No. 799)
Andrew Stiller
On Jan 23, 2006, at 12:37 PM, bill wrote:
Composers can be total idiots. Don't rely on their example as they
have
other issues on their mind besides notation.
Bill
Hello? Boosey and Hawkes? Xenakis did not choose this font.
The rationale for using sans-serif tuplet numbers is partly that
sans-serif type looks "modern," but mostly because other types of
numerical instructions (such as metric modulations, metronomic tempi,
etc.) are common in late-20th c. music, and it helps readability to use
different fonts to distinguish them from tuplet instructions (wh.
themselves have become increasingly complex, as "5 for 3" etc.).
Mentioning this reminds me of a long-time request to MakeMusic that
still has not been implemented: tuplet ratios should be customizable,
so that you don't have to use a workaround to get "5 for 3" or "5/3"
instead of "5:3", wh. is the only form that Finale has ever recognized.
Andrew Stiller
Kallisti Music Press
http://home.netcom.com/~kallisti/
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