On 29.01.2006 Scott Amort wrote:
Type-setters use some relative units of measurement, for example, the em (equal to the same point size as the type being set) and the en (one half of an em space). I am wondering what the main relative units of measurement are in music engraving (or, if in fact any exist)? I would think equivalents to em and en would be staff line space (i.e. the vertical distance between two lines on the staff) and half-line space, but are there any width-based measurements? Perhaps the width of a notehead, or whole-note?
Spot on. Spaces and Notehead width. (I think it is the width of a quarter note head, but that I don't know for sure.)
I used to have a book on this (I think I had it from some library), but I cannot remember much of it.
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