On Thu, November 1, 2012 7:43 am, SN jef chippewa wrote: > musicians are used to 9x12, that would be a more > appropriate format. and has been a standard for > very long. i don't think 10x13 is so large that > the lines (systems) would start to get too long > to read, but why not use a standard that exists > already and is also used in other parts of the > world?
I wish 10x13 were more common now. The piles of piano sheet music that I used to have from the early 1900s were all done about 10x13 size (a little different depending on the publisher, but mostly in that size). That size isn't any kind of standard, though, except for beer bags. As far as I know, it doesn't even have a name. 9x12 is good for parts but I've lapsed into 8.5x11 because my music goes out as PDFs and I get questions on why it's too big for the page. Yeah, I know, you just select 'shrink to fit' in the PDF print box, but a lot of folks don't seem to know about it. So I lay it out as 9x12 and then print PDF-to-PDF with shrink to 8.5x11 before it goes on my website. Unfortunately the 9x12 and 8.5x11 look too small when shrunk to A4. One day we'll talk about landscape scores. :) Dennis _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
