Music and text fonts for notation—the noteheads, symbols, and typefaces that shape a score’s look.
LS Iris has always been a distinctive presence in the SMuFL font landscape — a handwritten music font with calligraphic roots and a warmth that sets it apart from the field. After several years off the market, it’s back, newly overhauled and significantly expanded.
Dorico 6.2 adds smarter handling of repeats, expanded guitar tablature features, improved harmonic notation, engraving refinements, and workflow updates.
As we close the book on 2025, it’s time to look back at another year of music notation news, updates, creativity, and conversation.
Three more fonts from the legendary Music Type Foundry are now available for the first time in SMuFL format: MTF-Gutenberg 1939, MTF-Ross, and MTF-Improviso. In addition, each of the original five MTF fonts receives significant updates.
Sibelius 2025.8 is a maintenance update that mainly corrects or refines elements of the application that were introduced or updated in the previous release. Additionally, Sibelius First is now easier to obtain, without registering with Avid.
In recognition of the coming end of official support for Finale, the price for the Scoring Express templates for Finale — all three versions, plus the bundle — are permanently reduced from their previous prices.
The last in a series of several articles about the end of Finale's support. How to archive your work, update the Finale files, and exporting to MusicXML and PDF. And, some thoughts about alternatives to Finale.
Dorico 6 is out with engraving leading the way in this update. Cutaway scores and proofreading are two of the headline features, but there are robust advancements in chord symbols, text, playing techniques, user workflows, and much more.
The Music Type Foundry introductory sale is extended by one week. Each MTF SMuFL font is available at Notation Central at a special discount of 25% off through April 7, 2025.
A recent visit with Michael Good inspires a trip down the podcast archive with some of the most notable people in the field of music notation.
