MusGlyphs: Bravura for writing in time signatures and other glyphs

[benwiggy]

@Pietzcker

One day, we won’t need Dorico any more, just a well-designed font, so we can finally write music in MS Word. This is the way

No.

Just no.

[AlvaroBuitrago]

@dan_kreider

Can you advise how common this figure is?

Thanks Dan. I know that a font cannot cover all possibilities, but I think there are some common rhythms in compound time signatures that could be useful to many like me.

This unit is quite frequent in the baroque (Händel and others) and very useful to indicate the rhythm of the Basque Zortziko and other dances of Spanish folklore.

https://ks4.imslp.net/files/imglnks/usimg/9/97/IMSLP08675-Albéniz_Zortzico.pdf

I know they can be done in the score editor, but using MusGlyphs is faster when it comes to combining a lot of text with only some music notes.

Here a list of some simple rhythm units that maybe could be incorporated into MusicGlyphs. (6, 7, 8 and 9)

[dan_kreider]

Thanks for sharing. I’ll definitely consider adding those in the next update.

[dan_kreider]

@AlvaroBuitrago I’ve added these to MusGlyphs, and they’ll be added to the next update, which should be available within the next day or so.

[AlvaroBuitrago]

Very grateful, Dan.

[John_McKinnon]

On the off chance that this is the “unofficial feature request thread”, I could really use some larger “x/8” time signatures. 13/8 etc, and/or things like “6+7/8”.

[dan_kreider]

The problem with additive time signatures is that these have to be each created as individual glyphs. So the number of combinations is pretty massive. I can add some larger n/8 time signatures.

It’s possible to do 6/8+7/8 as well.

[SampoKasurinen]

@dan_kreider congratulatins for the new version 2.1 of MusGlyphs! This update adds so much value that I donated again to support the development of the font!

[dan_kreider]

Hi folks, just a quick update to say there’s now a new variant of MusGlyphs. It’s called MusGlyphs Text and allows the user to type in all standard characters. There are also a ton of updates, including letter and number enclosures (both black-on-white and white-on-black).

[lafin]

Pardon my font ignorance–I must have made some installation error. The MusGlyphs and the MusGlyphsText fonts are separate in my font book and I still have to switch to use them.

Thanks.

[jesele]

That’s normal I guess.

Jesper

[Dorico54]

@dan_kreider

Thanks for the feedback on MusGlyphs. I won’t post much more about it, but just an update to say that version 1.23 is now posted . I’ve changed some of the key bindings to make them more intuitive (I think).

Also, I uploaded a cheat sheet PDF for version 1.23. If you find any issue with kerning or anything else, please let me know. I’ll update it periodically.

Oggi mi è arrivata la mail che mi informava dell’ultima versione di MusGlyphs la 2.1. Hanno aggiunto parecchie novità fra cui MusGlyphsText.
Buona Musica.

[dan_kreider]

Yes, they are completely separate fonts. Text and Text-Bold should be combined, allowing you to simply switch styles, but MusGlyphs Standard and MusGlyphs Text are totally different. Different key combinations and all.

[lafin]

OK, thanks. I was confused by Scoring Notes FB post saying,
“MusGlyphs 2.1, now with a text version that allows you to type ordinary text and musical symbols without needing to switch between two different fonts!”

[dan_kreider]

Right, what that means is if you need music symbols and lots of text and don’t want to have to keep changing fonts, use MusGlyphs Text. But the “regular” MusGlyphs is still available for users who don’t need to do a lot of switching, or who are using their own different text font anyways.

[Romanos]

Dan, am I correct in that a double-sided repeat barline is not currently supported? I tried but don’t seem to be able to make it work.

[dan_kreider]

I can’t recall at the moment, but I thought I had arranged it so that if you made a close repeat followed by an open repeat, they would superimpose so they appeared to be a double.

[SampoKasurinen]

Hi! I have noticed a following problem with MusGlyphs-text:

The gaps between rows become much larger when MusGlyphs-text is being used. I wonder if there is a way to address this issue?

Same issue can be noticed here, where I used MusGlyphs-text for the flat signs:

The other font in that example is Old Standard TT

[MarcLarcher]

You don’t need to change your font for flat, natural or sharp signs. They’re available through Unicode with 266D, 266E and 266F. Beware, sometimes the kerning is not great… It depends on the font, I suppose.

[SampoKasurinen]

What is exactly the procedure of adding the glyphs via unicode in dorico?