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      |  David Young : chambermusic Registered Member

       Date Joined Sep 2000 Total Posts : 2694 | Posted 10/25/2006 4:53 PM (GMT -6) |   | Anyone know about the xinfonia font? Some musicians say that it looks quite professional.
David David Young
Composer of classical-romantic style chamber and orchestral music.
Finale 2.4 through 2007
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 |  Snorlax Registered Member

       Date Joined Dec 1998 Total Posts : 500 | Posted 10/25/2006 6:11 PM (GMT -6) |   |
chambermusic said...Anyone know about the xinfonia font? Some musicians say that it looks quite professional. David
I've tried to access it, but www.xemo.org seems to be down or gone.
Since it is open-source, it should be freely distributable.
It is said to approximate a Henle look, but I'd want to see that!
I can't find an example that I am aware is Xinfonia..anyone?
So...anyone got it???
J Jim Williams--Indianapolis Brass Choir
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   |  Ebony Ivory On Ebony And Ivory I'll Tinkle All Day Long

       Date Joined Dec 2005 Total Posts : 4594 | Posted 10/26/2006 4:55 AM (GMT -6) |   | cmbos said... What do you mean with 'font annotation issue'? Did I miss something? about in version 2003, Finale began expecting its music fonts to be coupled with a matching "Font Annotation" file, which, so far as I can tell, describes a bounding box around each character to help Engraver Slurs and other items avoid collisions with notes, etc.
Because Sonata is an Adobe font, not a Coda one, it does not come with the necessary annotation file, and Finale complains (gently) when you try to use it.
Rather than waste time trying to create my own annotation file, I decided to go with the flow and switch to Maestro. I've since learned that there is at least one third-party annotation file for Sonata, but I've already got many dozens of scores using Maestro, and don't want to switch back.
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   |  David Young : chambermusic Registered Member

       Date Joined Sep 2000 Total Posts : 2694 | Posted 10/26/2006 10:39 AM (GMT -6) |   |
Ebony Ivory said...
cmbos said... What do you mean with 'font annotation issue'? Did I miss something? about in version 2003, Finale began expecting its music fonts to be coupled with a matching "Font Annotation" file, which, so far as I can tell, describes a bounding box around each character to help Engraver Slurs and other items avoid collisions with notes, etc. Because Sonata is an Adobe font, not a Coda one, it does not come with the necessary annotation file, and Finale complains (gently) when you try to use it. Brian Remember, you can download font annotation files from Jari Williamsson's website. There is a font annotation file there for Sonata. http://www.finaletips.nu/downloads.php
David
Composer of classical-romantic style chamber and orchestral music.
Finale 2.4 through 2007
Laptop PC, windows XP home, 2.4 ghz, 516 Megs RAM
Desktop PC, windows XP home, Gigastudio 3.03, 2 Gigs RAM, 3 hard drives
Also... GPO, Gigastudio 3.0, KH solo strings, VSL horizon solo strings, JABB, PMI pianos, Sampletekk renaissance flutes, complete Kirk Hunter orchestral library, with very limited knowledge of how to use them.
arranging and orchestration! | Back to Top | |
  |  Ron. Composer

       Date Joined Mar 2003 Total Posts : 8828 | Posted 10/26/2006 11:23 AM (GMT -6) |   | I've switched to using Georgia for text. I never did like the "chunky" look of engraver (that Tim mentioned), but thanks to Tim's post I'll have another look at it. | Back to Top | |
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