>> This typeface style is known as "Scotch". A high-quality, free Scotch
>> type-family is "Old Standard". [...]
>
> Thanks for letting us know.
> I've tried it (only on the screen, no time to visit print shop for a
> high quality print :( ); it is in fact very similar in shape to
> Century (except that it's significantly narrower). Unfortunately,
> in my opinion it's too thin, so it would need to be modified - this
> would be a nice project, but i don't think we have money to spare...
Yes, it's too `elegant', so to say, caused by too thin vertical
strokes. The font used in old scores for lyrics is heavily adapted to
small printing; IMHO it's a very extreme optical size. In other
words, if you look at this font at larger sizes (i.e., > 20pt), it
would look horrible :-)
Werner
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