A new update to the November 2 font is available here
The Dorico highlights of this version are:
more than a hundred of new glyphs
a better compatibility for Dorico (no more annoying little place holder squares! )
Also, Dorico 2.2.10 includes an important fix (thanks Daniel!) when switching to a third party font such as November 2: the metadata values are now taken into account with full precision (stem or staff thickness, for instance).
This is a free update for existing customers . If you are a November 2 customer already, you should have received an email with the link and user/password. If you have not, please email november@klemmhotline.de about it.
Oh me too. Pretty please?
If I had Medieval in Dorico my professional arsenal would be complete. I suppose Dorico needs to support 4 staff lines first.
Well, I will have to talk with Daniel, I suppose! (and we have already chatted about itā¦)
Seriously, Medieval is not just a font, itās a whole program within the program, so no, not super easy at allā¦
It pretty much depends on how the scripting/plugin capability expands in Dorico I would say.
Weāll seeā¦
Robert, what you have done with Medieval2 is so amazing. I realize that it is not as easy as snapping your fingers to migrate itā¦ (if only it were that easy!) The fact that you created that very slick interface to allow such easy transcription is precisely what makes it such a valuable tool. I have genuinely contemplated purchasing finale strictly to run your plugin. I just find myself so averse to that software after a decade in the other camps that I canāt bring myself to do it. I would, however, buy Medieval for Dorico the very day it was released. Weāve discussed on the forum once before that there seems to be a renaissance (pun intended) of sorts with Chant in liturgical circles and it seems to be gaining speed (you probably know better than I do). There are a surprising number of new editions of chant being published, many newly typeset through cumbersome means. I use chant every single week with my choir and would love to be able to incorporate new scores into the work that we do. (Iād also like to compose new works with neums.). As of yet, Iām holding off because itās just so much extra work and I find the other tools not worth my time. Godspeed on this!
@benwiggy: youāre welcome! In 2.2 (but also 2.1 I do believe), the metadata are indeed named ānovember2.jsonā (in /Library/Application Support/SMuFL/Fonts/November2/). Perhaps you have an old version of November2 installed?.. Please report anything weird in 2.2 about it.
@romanos401: thank you for being so enthused about Medieval2! To be honest Medieval for Dorico will not happen in a easily foreseeable futureā¦
But if you really love the concept, I would of course suggest (no unapprop advertisement intended at allā¦) to go ahead and purchase Finale+Medieval. By the way, Medieval 2.2 (for Finale of course) will be released in April 2019, with 2 new fonts: āMachaultā (with a look closer to Ars Nova than Solesmesā¦) and SaintGall (antic staffless neumes that are traditionally written above the 4-line staff in plain-chant music), and the ability to mix different styles in the same document.
Well, thatās good to know. I wasnāt expecting anything too soonā¦ I remember reading a little snippet a year or two ago where you had mentioned that there was a lot more that needed to happen in the back-end of Dorico for things to work well and that they just werenāt there yet developmentally. That said, perhaps, since Finale just updated, and you are about to update your plugin, April would be a good time. (Happy Easter to me?)
Ah! I see, thatās the file that is in the āFontsā folder that is available by convenience inside the November 2 folder that is installed in the home directory.
It is harmless indeed, since it is copied and renamed correctly, but it should be named just November2.json, youāre right!
Thanks! Iām glad to hear you have enjoyed Medieval2. Itās always fulfilling to know about projects made with the tools I create (I have seen amazing resultsā¦ I couldnāt even think it was possible to get there!) - Is is something that will be publically released?
Thanks for the post, dear Robert.
I sent an email to klemmhotline, since I have not received anything from them today. Iām looking forward to see the new features youāve added!
I still have my user and password from the previous update. Changing the relevant bit of the filename of the previous download to ā2.2ā downloaded the correct files.
The recording, yes. The score? It hadnāt occurred to me before you asked but, if the project grows legs, then absolutely. Iām using Medieval2 along with standard notation to help my singers learn plainsong. Not all of us have retired from our day gigs in the music industry so this is going to take awhile. In the mean time, I am having fun with it and my friends are learning a lot.
I had sent an inquiry about buying a license for Medieval a few years ago to run with an old copy of Finale on legacy hardware but was declined. This is much better!
Hi Marc,
you can just use the same login/pw and link as from the last 2.0 or 2.1 update if you have it in your email folder.
The ānewā file has the same name and has been updated.
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. If you are a November 2 customer already, you should have received an email with the link and user/password. If you have not, please email november@klemmhotline.de about it.