See the new music fonts in action

[tisimst]

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?

- *Cadence* (a tweaked Emmentaler by me):

Grieg's Piano Concerto in A-minor (Adagio) <https://db.tt/icYgT0M3>  

- *Gonville* (originally by Simon Tatham):

Nalada (Gonville) <https://db.tt/wiyHmoIo>  

Actually, this one is mostly untouched which means it doesn't support the
ancient notation glyphs (yet).

- *Gutenberg1939* (old removeable-type style):

Canon in 3 Voices <https://db.tt/RBjSKBLK>  

- *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>
  

- *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.

- *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>  .

- *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>  

I realize that this is a little like drinking from a fire hose, since this
has never been done like this before, 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! 

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.

Happy Engraving!
Abraham



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