Wow, what a year it has been! It’s time once again to reflect on the past year on Scoring Notes and in the world of music notation software and related technology — and to look forward to what’s ahead.
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Update to angled slash chord fonts for Sibelius: new baseline, Scandinavian support, more
The Norfolk and Pori angled slash chord (ASC) fonts for Sibelius have been updated so that they are as easy as possible to use while adding even more features for power users. The baseline of the ASC fonts will better align with non-slashed chords, Scandinavian and Nashville Number System support is also added, and there are a number of other new features for chords in legacy mode.
Major updates to Pori and Norfolk fonts for Sibelius
Major updates to the Pori and Norfolk fonts for Sibelius are here. The full Pori suite — the Sibelius-compatible derivative of Steinberg’s Petaluma handwritten font — is now available. There are more angled slash chord symbol fonts for Pori and Norfolk, and lots of other goodies, too.
Introducing the Norfolk and Pori chord symbol fonts for Sibelius — and an angled slash variant
At NYC Music Services, we’ve released seven new free chord symbol fonts for Sibelius. Four of the fonts are part of the Norfolk family. The other three fonts are the inaugural members of a new font family called Pori. Pori is a derivative of Petaluma, the handwritten font that first appeared in Dorico 2.0. One of the Pori fonts is something very special.
Norfolk fonts for Sibelius updated
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.
Norfolk Harp, a new addition to the Norfolk font family
The Norfolk family of Sibelius-compatible Bravura fonts gains a new member with the addition of Norfolk Harp Std for use with harp techniques, along with a transfer document and updated house styles.
Creating new versions of Appalachian Spring using Sibelius and Norfolk
Delving into the process of producing new versions of both the suite and a complete ballet of Aaron Copland’s masterpiece Appalachian Spring, using Sibelius and the Norfolk fonts.
Norfolk text font updated to support ligatures in dynamics
There’s an update to Norfolk, the Sibelius-compatible version of the Bravura font, which will now automatically support ligated dynamics.
Use the Bravura font in Logic Pro X
A little-noticed update to Logic Pro X 10.1 allows for the use of Bravura in the sequencer’s notation view.
Norfolk font updated
Some improvements to the free Bravura-derived Norfolk font for Sibelius.