Re: [Finale] Music fonts

2005-08-23 Thread Andrew Stiller
De gustibus... Dennis Eh? The award winning artisan bread maker??? Simon Troup What's sauce for de gustibus is non disputandum. Andrew Stiller Kallisti Music Press http://home.netcom.com/~kallisti/ ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http:

RE: [Finale] Music fonts

2005-08-23 Thread Williams, Jim
It is the font used in GenieSoft's Overture www.geniesoft.com J From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of dc Sent: Tue 23-Aug-05 13:23 To: finale@shsu.edu Subject: RE: [Finale] Music fonts Williams, Jim écrit: >Did anyone consider the Aloisen New mu

Re: [Finale] Music fonts

2005-08-23 Thread Ken Durling
LOL, It does pertain to bread too... http://www.bartleby.com/59/3/degustibusno.html At 10:17 AM 8/23/2005, you wrote: Eh? The award winning artisan bread maker??? Ken Durling Composition and Music Services Berkeley, CA [510] 843-4419 ___ F

Re: [Finale] Music fonts

2005-08-23 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Um, you know, there is ALREADY a Font Annotation for Opus http://www.finaletips.nu/downloads.php Brad Beyenhof wrote: On 23/08/05, dc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: What keeps you from using Opus in Finale? The font's reference lines aren't exactly the same as Finale's defaults, for one

Re: [Finale] Music fonts

2005-08-23 Thread Simon Troup
>>I like quite a lot of petrucci, to my eye the clefs are modern and >>elegant for example, but the accidentals aren't as defined as other >>fonts. Maybe I should experiment with petrucci again and switch the font >>for the accidentals. > >De gustibus... > >Dennis Eh? The award winning artisan br

Re: [Finale] Music fonts

2005-08-23 Thread Brad Beyenhof
On 23/08/05, dc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What keeps you from using Opus in Finale? The font's reference lines aren't exactly the same as Finale's defaults, for one thing (which is probably part of the reason for the ledger line problem). Also, I was under the impression that not all of the gly

RE: [Finale] Music fonts

2005-08-23 Thread Williams, Jim
Did anyone consider the Aloisen New music font? I rather like it. Jim From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Simon Troup Sent: Tue 23-Aug-05 11:40 To: finale@SHSU.EDU Subject: Re: [Finale] Music fonts >> I posted a (graphic) PDF file of a short piec

Re: [Finale] Music fonts

2005-08-23 Thread Simon Troup
>> I posted a (graphic) PDF file of a short piece in 8 versions (with 8 >> different music fonts). >> >> I'd be interested in reading your comments on these. Hi David while a few have some pretty ugly glyphs, like the clefs in 'November' for example, there's nothing very much striking about any

Re: [Finale] Music fonts

2005-08-23 Thread Brad Beyenhof
>http://www.philomela.net/files/fonts2.pdf That's an interesting comparison. I really wish I could use Opus in Finale, but there's no way I'd switch to Sibelius just for that. Also, in the Opus and Helsinki examples (which I assume both came from Sib), the right sides of the ledger lines stick ou

Re: [Finale] Music fonts

2005-08-23 Thread Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
At 04:23 PM 8/23/05 +0200, dc wrote: >I posted a (graphic) PDF file of a short piece in 8 versions (with 8 >different music fonts). > >I'd be interested in reading your comments on these. > >www.philomela.net/files.fonts2.pdf http://www.philomela.net/files/fonts2.pdf With a cursory take on the '

Re: [Finale] Music fonts

2005-08-23 Thread dhbailey
dc wrote: I posted a (graphic) PDF file of a short piece in 8 versions (with 8 different music fonts). I'd be interested in reading your comments on these. www.philomela.net/files.fonts2.pdf The corrected link is: http://www.philomela.net/files/fonts2.pdf -- David H. Bailey [EMAIL PROT

Re: [Finale] Music fonts

2005-02-07 Thread Johannes Gebauer
You mean you actually prefer the look of the good old Petrucci font? Hard to believe, but you should have no problem to make up your own default file with Petrucci. Johannes A-NO-NE Music wrote: When did Finale music fonts get this uglier? I had to rearrange one of my old composition for a show

Re: [Finale] Music fonts

2005-02-07 Thread Jari Williamsson
A-NO-NE Music wrote: Come to think of it, in my 17 years Finale life, I have wanted the list of settings printed out. Every time I don't like settings by new version, I had to go find what setting has changed since readme is not going to tell you. You can install the Windows version of Finale on o

Re: [Finale] Music fonts

2005-02-07 Thread dhbailey
d. collins wrote: Jari Williamsson écrit: Or use a combination of fonts? Such as one font for flags, one for noteheads, and so on. Yes, that's a good idea, though I don't know how legal it is. Many font licences stipulate that you can't make changes to the fonts. I started, but never got much f

Re: [Finale] Music fonts

2005-02-07 Thread Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
At 08:11 PM 2/7/05 +0100, d. collins wrote: >Any samples to be seen anywhere? I'd love to have a look at it, even if >there's little hope. http://www.graphire.com/ Click on the music samples. (oh-yeah-the-other) Dennis ___ Finale mailing list Final

Re: [Finale] Music fonts

2005-02-07 Thread cisraels
Dear Hiro, I think that Jari may be on to the thing that is troubling you in the printout that looks too heavy. The Finale default files were changed a couple of years ago, and the stems and staff lines were set at 3.5 EVPUS. This is too thick to my eye and gives everything an unrefined and h

Re: [Finale] Music fonts

2005-02-07 Thread A-NO-NE Music
Jari Williamsson / 05.2.7 / 01:34 PM wrote: >If you need thinner lines, change the widths in the Document Settings >(and store it in your default file). Thanks. I will do that. Come to think of it, in my 17 years Finale life, I have wanted the list of settings printed out. Every time I don't

Re: [Finale] Music fonts

2005-02-07 Thread Jari Williamsson
A-NO-NE Music wrote: Sorry I didn't mention I already tried Petrucci, and I get the same bulkier output compared to my old printouts. The printer has never been changed. I am using HP5MP for years that I lost count of :-) I should had said 'printout' instead of 'music font'. Apology. A couple of

Re: [Finale] Music fonts

2005-02-07 Thread A-NO-NE Music
Jari Williamsson / 05.2.7 / 00:35 PM wrote: >Which fonts are you comparing? There's nothing stopping you from using >the fonts you used in the old Finale versions (probably Petrucci, if you >used a built-in font in Finale 3.2). Sorry I didn't mention I already tried Petrucci, and I get the same

Re: [Finale] Music fonts

2005-02-07 Thread Jari Williamsson
d. collins wrote: There are also other music fonts you could try. I've looked at many, and I'm still waiting for the one I'd really like. Or use a combination of fonts? Such as one font for flags, one for noteheads, and so on. Best regards, Jari Williamsson _

Re: [Finale] Music fonts

2005-02-07 Thread Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
At 06:44 PM 2/7/05 +0100, d. collins wrote: >I've looked at many, and I'm still waiting for >the one I'd really like. I think Revere is gorgeous, the one that Alan Talbot designed. But it's not Finale-compatible, and you have to own a copy of Graphire Music Press to use it legally. If they'd sell

Re: [Finale] Music fonts

2005-02-07 Thread Jari Williamsson
A-NO-NE Music wrote: I had to rearrange one of my old composition for a show this Friday. Instead of editing Finale3.2 file, I created a new one from the scratch with 2005b. The printout just shocked me. Comparing the two, old one had much sharper and sophisticated look, while the new one is muc

[Finale] Music fonts

2005-02-07 Thread A-NO-NE Music
When did Finale music fonts get this uglier? I had to rearrange one of my old composition for a show this Friday. Instead of editing Finale3.2 file, I created a new one from the scratch with 2005b. The printout just shocked me. Comparing the two, old one had much sharper and sophisticated