Just by coincidence, I’m using it in the new piece I’m working on. Looks great. I’ve vacillated between several different fonts since I started Dorico over a year ago and GA is working very nicely for this current piece.
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Something I like in Golden Age is that it is a very versatile font. We have a lot of jazz fonts among which to choose, but not many with a more subdued quality, being also good for a handwritten classical score. I can only think to LS Iris and MTF Improviso that can be used for this scope.
I know that you don’t print a classical score with handwritten fonts, but you can work with them. Using handwritten fonts while composing is like using the draft mode in some wordprocessor, where you can remove all or most of the typographic features, letting one focus on the pure text. Think to Scrivener or Ulysses. These fonts are the perfect companion for Galley View.
Fonts like Golden Age let me ignore the final output, and only focus on the ongoing act of writing. The feeling they convey is that of something faster, more agile, not permanent and ready to be deleted, reworked, rewritten without any hesitation. I don’t know why, but they make me feel I can stain my fingers without too much harm.
Paolo
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