Music Font

Fabio_H_Dentello · April 3, 2023, 1:17am

“How do I install a music font in Dorico?” I recently downloaded the Sebastian font and would like to use it in Dorico, but I am unsure of the installation process.

lafin · April 3, 2023, 4:18am

Install json file in
Windows: C:\Program Files\Common Files\SMuFL\Fonts
Mac: /Library/Application Support/SMuFL/Fonts

Just double clicking on the otf file usually installs that.

Restart computer after installing.

Fabio_H_Dentello · April 3, 2023, 5:31am

I tried in a lot of different ways, but I had trouble, I received this message of Error: /Library/Application Support/SMuFL/Fonts/Sebastian/Sebastian.json

/Library/Application Support/SMuFL/Fonts/Sebastian/Sebastian.json

Fabio_H_Dentello · April 3, 2023, 5:34am

As I never tried to do this kind of thing before, it was hard for me to understand what means a .json file, then, when I found this, I realized it has two .json files in Sebastian, one called ‘glyphnames.json’, and other called ‘sebastian_defaults.json’.

The one I tried was the second one

jesele · April 3, 2023, 5:34am

The json file should be inside a folder named Sebastian

Jesper

My json file is just named Sebastian.json

Fabio_H_Dentello · April 3, 2023, 5:37am

In my case, it is inside a folder called ‘scripts’ (The glyph… one) and in ‘src’ (the other)

jesele · April 3, 2023, 5:38am

Jesper

jesele · April 3, 2023, 5:41am

Did you download from here?

https://github.com/fkretlow/sebastian/releases/download/v1.08/Sebastian.fonts.v1.08.zip

Jesper

Fabio_H_Dentello · April 3, 2023, 5:42am

I am not sure, but in any way, I will delete mine and see if this one will be like yours

jesele · April 3, 2023, 5:44am

I just tried it. I works fine.

Jesper

Fabio_H_Dentello · April 3, 2023, 5:46am

After I unzip it, shall I put it in the ‘/Library/Application Support/SMuFL/Fonts’? like the other I was trying, right?

jesele · April 3, 2023, 5:48am

Double click the two fonts to install them.
Put the json file in the ‘/Library/Application Support/SMuFL/Fonts
but in a folder named Sebastian. Create the folder if it doesn’t exist.

Jesper

Fabio_H_Dentello · April 3, 2023, 5:50am

This worked, Thank you!

jesele · April 3, 2023, 5:51am

Great.

Jesper

jesele · April 3, 2023, 5:54am

Github can be a bit tricky to navigate.

Jesper

Fabio_H_Dentello · April 3, 2023, 5:58am

It is very tricky, I am not used to those kinds of things

benwiggy · April 4, 2023, 1:57pm

Sorry if the github site isn’t clear: the readme on the repository home page has instructions of where the JSON file is to be installed, and links to the latest releases, which include a zip file of the font and JSON file, without having to download all the other ‘source’ stuff.

I’ll see what I can do to make it clearer.

Nordine · April 4, 2023, 4:31pm

Make installers for macOS and Windows, that’s it!

benwiggy · April 4, 2023, 5:20pm

I can make an installer for MacOS, but I have no means of creating one for Windows, as I don’t have any MS stuff near me.

Nordine · April 4, 2023, 8:10pm

I use Windows 11 on my macOS Ventura, thanks to Parallel Desktop app as vmware.