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Posted By : jange - 11/28/2016 12:49 PM

I have updated the free Elbsound Music Font package to version 1.1.
It now includes 25 free music fonts that are 100% Maestro-compatible and 16 new composite symbols which make the font look even more consistent.
The update also includes four new fonts: Musica, Symbola, Noto Sans Symbols and Gonville.
All fonts can be assigned to any Finale document in 5 seconds by just changing the default music font.
No other document options need to be changed - although for a better look it might make sense to update for example the line widths.
The font package can be downloaded here: /elbsound.studio/elbsound-music-font-package-for-finale.php

Unfortunately MakeMusic confirmed a unicode font bug in Finale/MacOS four weeks ago that they want to fix soon.
Until then the font package will not support MacOS anymore. For MacOS you need to use the slightly limited version v1.0 or
you cannot access the symbols from the slots 129-159 through Finale's font dialogs, but only through the use of keystrokes.

Music examples of all 25 fonts:

All Maestro symbols of all 25 fonts:

Any comments are welcome!

Jan Angermueller
Elbsound.studio

Post Edited (jange) : 11/30/2016 3:40:35 AM (GMT-6)

Posted By : Charles Lawrence - 11/28/2016 1:55 PM

Thanks Jan, for making these available.

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