Hello,
I transcribed this in Dorico 6:
then made a graphic slice of it in .svg format and got this:
All fonts are Dorico’s default (Bravura and Academico). The time signature and the tuplet numbers are missing…
All fonts are Dorico’s default (Bravura and Academico). The time signature and the tuplet numbers are missing…
It seems to work here. Where are you viewing the SVG? Can you upload one of the SVGs?
SVG (as a format generally) is a bit unreliable when it comes to fonts. Any reason you’re not using PDF?
(It looks like “Doucement” is in Times, not Academico in the SVG, too.)
I am viewing on an iPhone - may be that’s the problem, I’ll try to view on the desktop later.
I used .svg because it’s a vector format, a clip to send someone to use it as music example.
I started this project “freshly” from Dorico’s hub, Solo player flute, duplicated player and used it that way. That’s why I think the fonts must be the default ones…
Here the Tempo (immediate) font, it’s Academico:
The forum doesn’t allow me to add .svg files, so I zipped it up:
1. La plus aimable….zip (53.7 KB)
PDF is arguably the more widely supported vector format.
Don’t forget that SVG files don’t actually include the font data, so they rely on the fonts being on your system. Of course, the noteheads, clefs, trills and accidentals are also Bravura, so it’s weird that they showed up.
I just now checked on my desktop mac - and it gets even weirder:
If I select the .svg file in the finder and press the space bar to preview the file, everything looks perfect.
If I instead look at the same file, sent as email attachment, the file looks faulty (Mail previews attachments, if they are only one page).
I suspect there might be a problem with the macOS itself - Sequoia 15.5
Anyway, I would expect a vector file to draw the outlines of fonts the moment it is being created, but my assumption might be wrong.
So far I sent people Graphic slices as .png files with 1.200 dpi - and thought a vector format, like .svg, would be preferable.
Font data in vector formats is “use the letter A from this font”. Either the instructions for letter A are in the file, or the OS has to find them from its own fonts.
PDFs usually include the font instructions in the document. Did I mention that PDF is a vector format? It’s a better format than SVG.
Thank you Ben. Then I will use .pdf slices to be on the safe side. Is this what people normally use when providing musical snippets for a book that is being created by a dtp application?
.png files with high resolution might annoy the recipient, either the resolution is not fine enough or the file gets too big. Or will a, let us say 600 dpi .png file, once printed, look fine, because the printing processes eliminates a somehow jagged picture?
Absolutely. PDF is the de facto standard for vector images in publishing. It’s gradually replaced EPS in all workflows.
No. You will often see printed music with jagged hairpins, because it’s been rastered or printed to 600dpi.
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