I am a new Dorico user, switching over from Finale. I am trying to replicate a whole pile of Finale files in which I used Petrucci as the music font, trying to make them look the same in Dorico. So it would be really helpful to be able to use Petrucci within Dorico.
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According to this page
You could use “Finale legacy”. Scroll down a bit and you will find info about it.
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If you don’t already have this font installed on your computer, you can download the installer from this page.
I can understand why some might want to do this, but in the last analysis I wonder why. I’m sure the composers of the classic and baroque and medieval eras took their music very seriously, but today we perform them perfectly well from a variety of editions, none of which look like the original manuscripts.
When I transcribe my Finale files into Dorico, I try to take advantage of the tools and look that Dorico provides.
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As said, “Finale Legacy” is the SMuFL version of Petrucci. It doesn’t have a comprehensive set of glyphs, so you will inevitably have to fall back on Bravura or another font for several symbols.
Petrucci is a modern-style, engraved font, and not actually anything that Ottaviano Petrucci would recognise.
However, even Petrucci’s creator has admitted that it’s NVG.
NVG
NVG = Not Very Good.
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I may be compiling the Finale files, along with new files I make in Dorico, into a book and would like all the pieces, as much as possible, to have a consistent look. I’ve already made a great many of these files in Finale, using Petrucci.
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Ben,
Of course I know that, having used Finale from the very first edition. My point is that preserving exactly the Finale look is no more sacred than trying to imitate composers autograph copies or even subsequent printed editions of their works. Better to use the strengths of Dorico than to try to recreate the exact look in Finale, which would rarely serve any overriding purpose.
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Then I can see why you are shooting to match the look.