Music fonts—the symbol fonts that render notation on the page.
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.
MakeMusic has made all of its Finale fonts available for anyone to download, for free, independently of Finale itself. This includes not just the "Finale" SMuFL fonts introduced in Finale 27, but the older fonts as well, such as the Maestro, Engraver, and Jazz fonts.
Sibelius 2023.5 introduces the ability to hide individual notes that appear in the same chord in one voice and create dynamic parts sourced from one staff. The update also adds the option to export and view a list of keyboard shortcuts, as well as other improvements.
The Notation Central Black Friday sale continues with November 2, the premium music font with more than 1400 symbols for Finale, Sibelius, and Dorico, which mimics the slightly weathered look of traditional music engraving.
We speak with Robert Piéchaud, creator of the premium November font for Finale, Sibelius, and Dorico, about the many qualities and features of the font and his efforts in music font design.
If you're looking for a few deals this holiday weekend, we've sorted through some of the Black Friday and Cyber Monday offers in music notation software and related tech products.
Available for free from the Resources page on our NYC Music Services web site, the Norfolk family of fonts has been updated to correct several issues. The Norfolk family of fonts is a derivative of the beautiful Bravura font that has been expressly reconfigured to work within Sibelius.
Going behind the scenes in a new video from Steinberg's Dorico program, what's cooking for MuseScore 3.0, and learning more about an online music font comparison tool that could have big potential for Finale.
Sibelius 8.0.1 is now available. This first update to Sibelius 8 includes a number of bug fixes and modest improvements, mainly in the areas of annotation features, pen support and high-res displays.
A little-noticed feature in Logic Pro X allows for the use of the Bravura music font in the sequencer's notation view.
