Engraver music font vs Maestro
Moderators: Peter Thomsen, miker
Further to earlier post regarding noteheads/size....after years of using Finale I've only just looked at the engraver font. Seems to be much closer to published score fonts, and slightly bigger and more rounded. Anyone any thoughts on these fonts?
- N Grossingink
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Take a look at "Maestro Wide", included with Finale.
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- Peter Thomsen
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For comparing music fonts, take a good look at this web page:
https://elbsound.studio/music-font-comparison.php
https://elbsound.studio/music-font-comparison.php
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For noteheads, I personally use slightly larger Maestro font. Though in general, I use Maestro and Engraver about 50/50.
Nick
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Engraver has a few odd symbols that are somewhat ugly. For instance, the vertical stroke on the flat (when placed on the 1st, 2nd, 3rd lines) touches the staff line a 5th above. On most fonts, the vertical stroke ends sooner, showing a little daylight. The parenthesized accidentals have too curvy parens making the whole symbol wider than need be. Parenthesized accidentals are usually a bit smaller at the premier publishers.
The Engraver noteheads, rests and flags are very nicely done.
The Engraver noteheads, rests and flags are very nicely done.
N. Grossingink
Educational Band, Orchestra and Jazz Ensemble a specialty
Sample: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pFF5OeJDeLFGHMRyXrubFqZWXBubErw4/view?usp=share_link
Mac Mini 2014 2.6 Ghz, 8Gb RAM
OSX 10.15.7
Finale 2012c, 25.5, 26.3, 27.3
Educational Band, Orchestra and Jazz Ensemble a specialty
Sample: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pFF5OeJDeLFGHMRyXrubFqZWXBubErw4/view?usp=share_link
Mac Mini 2014 2.6 Ghz, 8Gb RAM
OSX 10.15.7
Finale 2012c, 25.5, 26.3, 27.3