Font styles in 2.03
I read notes from 2013 where Marc Sabatella wrote that the option to change text styles for "Instrument names" from the standard font style into for example "Jazz font" or any other style couldn't be done because of limitations in the software.
So, is this possible 2016 or is it still a limitation?
This is what comes up when "right click" on the "instrument name in the sheet and chose "Staff properties"
Bass Guitar B. Guit.
Would it really be that hard to change these lines in the elemantary script to include a wider range of font styles?
Jack
Comments
Well, it's not thast it *couldn't* be done in 2013, just that the change wouldn't necessarily affect existing text right away - you needed to take extra steps. But that was 2013, and this is 2016, so indeed, in scores created today with the current version of MuseScore (2.0 or later), you can simply change the text style and it changes all text using that style. So, right click the staff name, choose "Text Style", change the font there, and it will automatically apply to all staff names in that score - both existing texts and ones not yet created.
In reply to Well, it's not thast it by Marc Sabatella
Hi Marc!
Thank you for a fast answer! The strange thing is that every other text can be changed but of some reason the "instrument names" does not change? Do you possibly know why?
In reply to Hi Marc! Thank you for a fast by jaxtone
If the score was created in an older versionl the text ztyles might already be "baked in" so you might have to delete the names and re-enter them, or change instrument. Hard to say for sure without seeing the score itsaelf (not just a picture of it).
In reply to If the score was created in by Marc Sabatella
Marc!
You might be right there, all my greetings to a great answer, as usual!
P.S. You and I had a communication a couple of years ago when I was pretty new to Musescore which I believe is an excellent tool and friend in my efforts to be a better composer and to orchestrate the arrangements in a mature way.
As I remember I asked for a scenario where even the notes and notations where displayed as a handwritten jazz font! Your answer "then" was that you didn't see the advantage of such a scenario and that you compared to me had a long experience of reading and playing sheet music.
Well, I am glad to see that things had changed over time and that you guys have worked hard to make it possible to change font styles at least for text etc. Here comes an updated question about the this issue!
Do Musescore team have any plans to include font changes even for notes and notations future alternatives such as the one in attachment and link below!
http://www.jazzfont.com
Regards, Jack
P.S. I may be wrong, maybe this is already possible, then hit me with a dead cod as many times you feel like! Anyway, here is the explanation of what kind of notation software it could be used in.
(The Jazz and Swing Fonts are a collection of fonts for use with computer notation software, such as Finale from MakeMusic, Inc. and Sibelius from Avid Technologies, Inc., and is designed to look like hand-written manuscript. It's a great alternative to music fonts that look too "computerized".)
It had to be nice to see even Musescore there as one alternative notation software. Could the possibly have missed Musescore it might be a good moment to remind them as a marketing move?
In reply to Marc! You might be right by jaxtone
See https://github.com/musescore/MuseScore/pull/1740, still WIP, but should eventually end up with Jazzy style font for notes and text
In reply to Marc! You might be right by jaxtone
Part 2!
Now all text elements seem to have taken affect from the change of font style! But the notes doesn't seem to have any options for changing the font for them! Can you take a look at the attached image and explain how this will be done?
Jack
In reply to Part 2! Now all text elements by jaxtone
Once Jazzy is in, it'll be available as a Musical Font. For now Bravura, Emmentaler and Gonville are the only choices. MuseJazz ist just a (musical) text font, so won't shown different not heads, flags, clefs etc. in the staff.
In reply to Once Jazzy is in, it'll be by Jojo-Schmitz
Just to be clear, it doesn't look like that other font: https://musescore.org/en/node/68706
In reply to Just to be clear, it doesn't by Isaac Weiss
This thread showed a lot of nice examples and if its up to me the handwritten fonts looks nice!
Who say that one handwritten font sheets must look exactly the same? The thing with handwritten styled sheets must be that non is similar to another!
However I didn't understand if any of these examples were made in Musescore?
As I understood Marc Sabatella just mentioned in the end of this thread that Musescore will be able at some future point to integrate handwritten fonts into Musecore, but not in present time! Right?
In reply to Marc! You might be right by jaxtone
The problem with the fonts you mention is that they are older and don't adhere to current standards in font design (the relevant one is called SMuFL), so supporting them would require more effort than standard SMuFL fonts. And of course, if they aren't freely licensable, we can't provide them.
As mentioned, a handwritten font the adheres to the SMuFL standard is being developed and should be included in MuseScore at some point. Most likely other vendors will develop other alternatives, and if any make their work freely licensible, we can consider supporting them as well.
In reply to The problem with the fonts by Marc Sabatella
Just for the record! By mention fonts as older, did you mean this?
http://www.jazzfont.com/
Notes are considered as musical symbols:
In reply to Notes are considered as by Jm6stringer
Oh sorry!
Just have to clarify what I meant with "hidden" when mentioning the Emmentaler, Bravura and Gonville!
I meant in the Windows system folders! Cannot find any one of them there!
In reply to Oh sorry! Just have to by jaxtone
They are (and have to be) built into MuseScore
In reply to They are (and have to be) by Jojo-Schmitz
Ok! Thanks!