![]() Style: What kind of music is it? Palestrina or Penderecki? Debussy or Dufay? Does the font convey modernity or steadfast tradition? Breves are often terrible in many music fonts. Personally, I like quaver flags (particularly down-stems) that are nicely curved, with a very slight gap to the note, rather than Bravura’s rather straighter stroke. There may even be only one symbol that we want ‘just so’. Some G clefs are fatter, taller, slanted, squished, etc – and it’s a matter of personal taste. Shape: the most noticeable element in a font tends to be the clefs, and these are often the ‘giveaway’. (Ink would spread slightly in ‘proper’ engraving.) ![]() Weight: Bravura is noticeably heavier and thicker than other similar fonts, like Finale Maestro, giving the page a darker outlook. Leaving aside the existential motivation for the ‘handwritten effect’ in ‘jazz’ scores, you’re right that the differences are subtle.Īs with text typography, designers will spend hours contemplating which font to use, only to have the client/reader say “It’s Times, isn’t it?” Much of the effect may be subliminal. Just curious, why people use different fonts? ![]()
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