item of interest to NWC users (not directly related)

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item of interest to NWC users (not directly related)

2013-05-23 08:12 pm

This is mostly a heads-up for NWC users who design their own fonts - and for any of us who like to keep up with developments in the general music-notation software field.

http://blog.steinberg.net/2013/05/introducing-bravura-music-font/

Re: item of interest to NWC users (not directly related)

Reply #1 – 2013-05-24 07:57 am

Possibly interesting for the new Unicode version of NWC...

Re: item of interest to NWC users (not directly related)

Reply #2 – 2013-05-24 04:15 pm

To me, the most intriguing thing about this font is its source. As I understand it, it comes from a group of former Sibelius programmers who were canned by Sib's new owners when they decided they didn't need programmers any more, only marketers. So these ex-Sibelius people are putting together their own competing notation program. This may have ramifications for NWC. In any event, it will be interesting to see how it all plays out.

Re: item of interest to NWC users (not directly related)

Reply #3 – 2013-05-25 07:29 pm

I've had a look at the samples of BRAVURA, and I like what I saw.

If /when BRAVURA (or other unicode font) should become available in NWC,
we'll have to become accustomed to 4-figure HEX addresses for the glyphs.
eg. U 00EB (for Alt 0235) in Arial

And in the BRAVURA Sample:
U 266D for Flat
U 266E for Natural
U 266F for Sharp

Re: item of interest to NWC users (not directly related)

Reply #4 – 2013-05-26 11:45 am

Quote

in Arial

The advantage of Unicode is that each code refers uniquely to the same "character" in all the fonts.
At most a specific font doesn't contain that particular "character".