Just an aside question on this general topic. What is considered to be a reasonable point size for vocal text, say, in Times? (I don't especially prefer Times, but it is relatively narrow).
For printing convenience both for me and my clients I usually use 8.5 x 11 pages, and I use 85% page reduction (sometimes 80%). Thanks, John Roberts On 10/21/06 12:15 AM, "Mark D Lew" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Oct 16, 2006, at 9:30 AM, John Howell wrote: > >> I'm used to reading orchestral music printed from 19th century plates, >> where it is quite common to have as many as 12 bars or even more to a >> line, and the parts are perfectly readable even by string players >> sitting 2 on a stand. (But of course they are laid out line by line >> (or page by page) to assure that readability.) On the other hand, I'm >> always appalled by how wide the spacing is in standard piano or >> piano-vocal editions, making many more page turns than might strictly >> be necessary. But that's what pianists are used to. I suspect that >> they are equally appalled at my piano parts, which tend to be much >> more compressed because of my slight obsession with good page turns. > > Not sure what you mean by "standard piano-vocal". In my opinion the > bulk of piano-vocal music printed in the past 20 years or so is > unattractively loose. Lots and lots of exceptions, of course, but the > overall trend, I think, is toward a looser fit than was standard in the > pre-computer days. Personally, I don't like it. > > It's not hard to guess why. The software doesn't figure spacing very > well, so the cost-effective way to (partly) avoid the problem is to > just set everything looser. > > The problem seems to be worse with contemporary pop music, where > presumably less budget priority is given to engraving quality than in > other fields. > > mdl > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
