Ted Ross (The Art of Music Engraving and Processing) measures everything
in spaces (down to 1/4 space increments).
Finale uses the EDU, which is both relative and a fixed unit. As a
relative unit, 24 EDU is equal to a space. As a fixed unit, 288 EDU
equals an inch. Relative and fixed EDUs are the same when the view
percentage is 100%.
Johannes Gebauer wrote:
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.
Johannes
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