calculating font size

2018-12-25 11:34 am

I am trying to find out what the best font size for my Powerpoint presentations with music created with NWC.
Therefore I take a song, print it to GIF and insert it into a Powerpoint, changed the font size (more generally: I changed the staff metrics) and repeat that operation). I used the staff metrics 26, 25.5, 25, 24.5 and 24.
I do not see the difference between the several printed GIF files. Even when I compare the GIF's, they are the same.
What did I wrong?

Kind regards,
Guido

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!NoteWorthyComposer(2.751)
|Editor|ActiveStaff:1|CaretIndex:1|CaretPos:0
|SongInfo|Title:""|Author:""|Lyricist:""|Copyright1:"VHMP"|Copyright2:"model 20181220"
|PgSetup|StaffSize:26|NtnTypeface:NWC2HiVisLP|Zoom:4|TitlePage:N|JustifyVertically:N|PrintSystemSepMark:N|ExtendLastSystem:N|DurationPadding:N|PageNumbers:0|StaffLabels:None|BarNumbers:None|StartingBar:1
|Font|Style:StaffItalic|Typeface:"Arial Rounded MT Bold"|Size:16.9|Bold:N|Italic:Y|CharSet:1
|Font|Style:StaffBold|Typeface:"Arial Rounded MT Bold"|Size:13|Bold:N|Italic:N|CharSet:1
|Font|Style:StaffLyric|Typeface:"Arial Rounded MT Bold"|Size:26|Bold:N|Italic:N|CharSet:1
|Font|Style:PageTitleText|Typeface:"Arial Rounded MT Bold"|Size:22|Bold:N|Italic:N|CharSet:1
|Font|Style:PageText|Typeface:"Arial Rounded MT Bold"|Size:14|Bold:N|Italic:N|CharSet:1
|Font|Style:PageSmallText|Typeface:"Arial Rounded MT Bold"|Size:14|Bold:N|Italic:N|CharSet:1
|Font|Style:User1|Typeface:"Times New Roman"|Size:8|Bold:N|Italic:N|CharSet:0
|Font|Style:User2|Typeface:"Times New Roman"|Size:8|Bold:N|Italic:N|CharSet:0
|Font|Style:User3|Typeface:"Times New Roman"|Size:8|Bold:N|Italic:N|CharSet:0
|Font|Style:User4|Typeface:"Times New Roman"|Size:8|Bold:N|Italic:N|CharSet:0
|Font|Style:User5|Typeface:"Times New Roman"|Size:8|Bold:N|Italic:N|CharSet:0
|Font|Style:User6|Typeface:"Times New Roman"|Size:8|Bold:N|Italic:N|CharSet:0
|PgMargins|Left:0.00|Top:0.00|Right:0.00|Bottom:0.00|Mirror:N
|AddStaff|Name:"Staff"|Group:"Standard"
|StaffProperties|EndingBar:Section Close|Visible:Y|BoundaryTop:14|BoundaryBottom:14|Lines:5|Color:Default
|StaffProperties|Muted:N|Volume:127|StereoPan:64|Device:0|Channel:1
|StaffInstrument|Patch:0|Trans:0|DynVel:10,30,45,60,75,92,108,127
|Lyrics|Placement:Bottom|Align:Standard Rules|Offset:-5
|Lyric1|Text:"God heb ik lief, want die ge-trou-we Heer\nhoort naar mijn stem, mijn sme-kin-gen, mijn kla-gen.\nHij neigt zijn oor, \'k_roep tot Hem al mijn da-gen.\nHij schenkt mij hulp, Hij redt mij keer op keer.\n"
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|Key|Signature:Bb,Eb|Tonic:B
|TimeSig|Signature:AllaBreve
|Note|Dur:Half|Pos:1
|Bar|XBarCnt:Y|Visibility:Never
|Note|Dur:4th|Pos:-1
|Bar|XBarCnt:Y|Visibility:Never
|Note|Dur:4th|Pos:0
|Bar
|Note|Dur:Half|Pos:1
|Bar|XBarCnt:Y|Visibility:Never
|Note|Dur:Half|Pos:1
|Bar
|Note|Dur:4th|Pos:-1
|Bar|XBarCnt:Y|Visibility:Never
|Note|Dur:4th|Pos:0
|Note|Dur:4th|Pos:-2
|Note|Dur:4th|Pos:-2
|Bar
|Note|Dur:Half|Pos:-3
|Rest|Dur:Half
|Bar
|Note|Dur:Half|Pos:-3
|Bar|XBarCnt:Y|Visibility:Never
|Note|Dur:4th|Pos:-1
|Bar|XBarCnt:Y|Visibility:Never
|Note|Dur:4th|Pos:0
|Bar
|Note|Dur:Half|Pos:1
|Bar|XBarCnt:Y|Visibility:Never
|Note|Dur:Half|Pos:0
|Bar
|Note|Dur:4th|Pos:-1
|Note|Dur:4th|Pos:-2
|Note|Dur:4th|Pos:-1
|Bar|XBarCnt:Y|Visibility:Never
|Note|Dur:4th|Pos:1
|Bar
|Note|Dur:Half|Pos:n0
|Note|Dur:Half|Pos:1
|Bar
|Rest|Dur:Half
|Note|Dur:Half|Pos:1
|Bar
|Note|Dur:4th|Pos:0
|Bar|XBarCnt:Y|Visibility:Never
|Note|Dur:4th|Pos:-1
|Bar|XBarCnt:Y|Visibility:Never
|Note|Dur:Half|Pos:-2
|Bar
|Note|Dur:Half|Pos:1
|Bar|XBarCnt:Y|Visibility:Never
|Note|Dur:4th|Pos:0
|Bar|XBarCnt:Y|Visibility:Never
|Note|Dur:4th|Pos:-1
|Bar
|Note|Dur:4th|Pos:0
|Bar|XBarCnt:Y|Visibility:Never
|Note|Dur:4th|Pos:1
|Bar|XBarCnt:Y|Visibility:Never
|Note|Dur:Half|Pos:2
|Bar
|Note|Dur:Half|Pos:1
|Rest|Dur:Half
|Bar
|Note|Dur:Half|Pos:-2
|Bar|XBarCnt:Y|Visibility:Never
|Note|Dur:4th|Pos:-1
|Bar|XBarCnt:Y|Visibility:Never
|Note|Dur:4th|Pos:0
|Bar
|Note|Dur:Half|Pos:1
|Bar|XBarCnt:Y|Visibility:Never
|Note|Dur:Half|Pos:-2
|Bar
|Note|Dur:4th|Pos:-1
|Bar|XBarCnt:Y|Visibility:Never
|Note|Dur:4th|Pos:0
|Bar|XBarCnt:Y|Visibility:Never
|Note|Dur:4th|Pos:-2
|Bar|XBarCnt:Y|Visibility:Never
|Note|Dur:4th|Pos:-2
|Bar
|Note|Dur:Whole|Pos:-3
|Bar|Style:SectionClose|SysBreak:Y
|AddStaff|Name:"Tempo Track"|Label:"Tempo Track"|Group:"Conductor"
|StaffProperties|EndingBar:Section Close|Visible:N|BoundaryTop:14|BoundaryBottom:12|Lines:5|Color:Default
|StaffProperties|Muted:N|Volume:127|StereoPan:64|Device:0|Channel:1
|StaffInstrument|Trans:0|DynVel:10,30,45,60,75,92,108,127
|Clef|Type:Treble
|Key|Signature:Bb|Tonic:F
|TimeSig|Signature:4/4
|Rest|Dur:Whole
!NoteWorthyComposer-End

Re: calculating font size

Reply #1 – 2018-12-27 05:50 pm

The margins in the song are not compatible with any of my printers.
You don't specify what size paper you are using.
I don't have the fonts in the song.

That said, I see a difference between 24pt and 26pt, consistent with what I would expect.