On 26. Juli 2014 12:17:46 MESZ, "Janek Warchoł" <[email protected]> wrote: >Hi, > >WOW!! just... wow! > >2014-07-26 1:14 GMT+02:00 tisimst <[email protected]>: >> All, >> >> I couldn't wait any longer, so here's a formal announcement about the >new >> music fonts that I've been working on, by way of example. They are >all 100% >> LilyPond compatible for both PDF and SVG output. They all (except >Gonville) >> support the full LilyPond glyph set (up to LilyPond version 2.18.2). >> >> So far, there are now 9 music fonts in addition to LilyPond's default >> *Emmentaler* (also called /Feta/ in the official docs). Here's a >taste test: >> >> - *Amadeus* (SCORE look-a-like): >> >> SCORE comparison <https://db.tt/pN6iRsgH> >> >> Can you guess which one is really engraved using SCORE? > >Bottom one: >- slurs have different thickness and shape, >- stems and ledgers are thinner than in LilyPond, >- staccato placement on stems differ, >- rest placement in polyphony differs, >- "dim" font is different > >Nevertheless, it is very similar :)
Is there an option to rename that font? Somehow it's like mimicking Finale's appearance with a font named Sibelius ;-) > >> - *Cadence* (a tweaked Emmentaler by me): >> >> Grieg's Piano Concerto in A-minor (Adagio) <https://db.tt/icYgT0M3> > >Nice! I'd say that the beams are a tad too thick, but looks good >overall. > >> - *Gutenberg1939* (old removeable-type style): >> >> Canon in 3 Voices <https://db.tt/RBjSKBLK> > >Looks fancy! > >> - *Haydn* (like a classic Edition Peters style): >> >> Magnificat <https://db.tt/CX14jc3z> >> >> You can compare this with a commercial version (Kapellmeister) on the >> Sibelius Blog from a few months back: >> >> Original Score >> ><http://www.sibeliusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Magnificat-in-D-BWV-243.pdf> >> Kapellmeister on Sibelius >> ><http://www.sibeliusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/magnificat-Full-Score-dragged.pdf> > >"Our" version looks better :D In particular, our notehead shape is >much more like the original - although the flags are significantly >differrent. > >> - *LilyJAZZ* (a pseudo-handwritten style, originally by Torsten >Hämmerle): >> >> Crazy Jazz Tests <https://db.tt/T1WwGLiz> >> >> This has been upgraded a bunch, by myself and others, including a >complete >> glyph set (notation and text) and updated chord font. > >cool! > >> - *Paganini* (remapping of Kristof Bastiensen's /Parnassus/, >originally for >> MuseScore): >> >> Nalada (Paganini) <https://db.tt/GdyXV0kX> >> >> - *Profondo* (Bravura anyone? This is a remapping of Daniel >Spreadbury's >> SMuFL-compliant font): >> >> Nalada (Profondo) <https://db.tt/1B9JoPz0> >> >> Compare this with Bravura in Sibelius >> ><http://blog.steinberg.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/fibich-bravura.pdf> > . > >It would be great to have the engravings done in the same page layout, >for better comparison. > >> - *Ross* (from Ted Ross's famous notation book /The Art of Music >Engraving >> and Processing/, and named after him): >> >> Nalada (Ross) <https://db.tt/5uHcypFg> > >Hmm. Somehow this doesn't feel like Ross (although maybe it's >because i've only seen the scans, not the print). It seems to me that >staves and other lines should be thicker. > >> I realize that this is a little like drinking from a fire hose, since >this >> has never been done like this before, > >indeed! > >> but if you're like me, I think you'll >> like having lots of choices. These are all properly licensed, so they >will >> be free to use, copy, and share! > >I LOVE IT!! >And i would also love to see a post on Lily blog, and a news item - >this deserves a lot of publicity, it's a major feature IMO! Of course we'll do that but only when it's really ready for use. > >> If you have any other ideas for music fonts that you'd like to >use/create, >> drop me a line and we'll talk :) >> >> More to come, so stay tuned! Let me know if any of the above links is >> broken. > >We definitely should gather these in some visible place when all the >infrastructure for using these fonts is stable. We have fonts.openlilylib.org as a temporary download location, but we could keep that for a permanent place (if not openlilylib.org/fonts seems more suitable). >I think it actually >deserves to be put on the website! Definitely! Best Urs > >thanks a ton! >Janek > >_______________________________________________ >lilypond-user mailing list >[email protected] >https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
