MuseScore/fonts
Maurizio M. Gavioli b54152874b TAB: New historical English fret style
Reference: https://musescore.org/en/node/82061 (forum thread)

Upon user request, adds a new character style for fret marks taken from a type used in several prints by different publishers in London between the last years of 16th c. and the beginning of 17th c.

Among them:
- Corkine's two lute books
- Some works by J. Dowland
- R. Dowland's _Varietie of Lute Lessons_
- Pilkington's _Ayres_
- Robinson's _Schoole of Musicke_
2015-11-25 10:39:13 +01:00
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bravura update to SMuFL and Bravura 1.18 2015-05-25 15:40:48 +02:00
gootville Update - glyphnames.json 2015-09-07 01:40:45 +02:00
mscore Fix #75316 - Wrong glyphs for note head parentheses 2015-11-07 23:45:40 +01:00
fonts_figuredbass.xml FiguredBass: data XML typo and design refining 2015-03-09 11:33:34 +01:00
fonts_tablature.xml TAB: New historical English fret style 2015-11-25 10:39:13 +01:00
FreeSans.sfd update freefonts to vanilla 20120503, remove freefonts from mtest.qrc because they cause a g++ crash(!) 2014-05-21 12:20:05 +02:00
FreeSans.ttf update freefonts to vanilla 20120503, remove freefonts from mtest.qrc because they cause a g++ crash(!) 2014-05-21 12:20:05 +02:00
FreeSerif.sfd update freefont to 20120503, revert to vanilla fonts. Will help to solve #25076 2014-05-17 15:16:20 +02:00
FreeSerif.ttf update freefonts to vanilla 20120503, remove freefonts from mtest.qrc because they cause a g++ crash(!) 2014-05-21 12:20:05 +02:00
FreeSerifBold.sfd update freefont to 20120503, revert to vanilla fonts. Will help to solve #25076 2014-05-17 15:16:20 +02:00
FreeSerifBold.ttf update freefonts to vanilla 20120503, remove freefonts from mtest.qrc because they cause a g++ crash(!) 2014-05-21 12:20:05 +02:00
FreeSerifBoldItalic.sfd fix #53481: FreeSerif font included with MuseScore is missing italic 2015-04-15 14:10:07 +02:00
FreeSerifBoldItalic.ttf fix #53481: FreeSerif font included with MuseScore is missing italic 2015-04-15 14:10:07 +02:00
FreeSerifItalic.sfd fix #53481: FreeSerif font included with MuseScore is missing italic 2015-04-15 14:10:07 +02:00
FreeSerifItalic.ttf fix #53481: FreeSerif font included with MuseScore is missing italic 2015-04-15 14:10:07 +02:00
mscore-BC.sfd FiguredBass: data XML typo and design refining 2015-03-09 11:33:34 +01:00
mscore-BC.ttf FiguredBass: data XML typo and design refining 2015-03-09 11:33:34 +01:00
mscore_tab.sfd TAB: New historical English fret style 2015-11-25 10:39:13 +01:00
mscoreTab.otf TAB: New historical English fret style 2015-11-25 10:39:13 +01:00
mscoreTab.ttf TAB: New historical English fret style 2015-11-25 10:39:13 +01:00
MuseJazz-Mac.ttf restore dot & fix MuseScore for Mac 2014-08-25 22:10:58 -06:00
MuseJazz.sfd fix #28366: add metronome glyphs to MuseJazz 2015-05-30 09:42:54 -06:00
MuseJazz.ttf fix #28366: add metronome glyphs to MuseJazz 2015-05-30 09:42:54 -06:00
README.md fix 53506: musejazz line spacing 2015-04-03 11:57:20 -06:00

MuseScore Fonts

This directory contains the fonts used internally by MuseScore and the sources used to generate them.

FontForge is used to work on the fonts and the sources are all in the .sfd format used by FontForge.

Sub-directories

  • bravura The Bravura fonts and the documentation for them and for SMuFL. These fonts are not maintained by the MuseScore community, please DO NOT EDIT these fonts.
  • gootville The Gonville font for score musical symbols. This font is modified and maintained by the MuseScore project.
  • mscore The main font used in MuseScore scores for musical symbols (formerly known as Emmentaler), as well its counterpart used for texts.

Other files in the main fonts directories are for collateral fonts used by MuseScore for specific tasks. If an .sfd file is present, the font is maintained/customized by the MuseScore community.

Notes on using FontForge

  1. Version: FontForge version of 2014-05-27 is known to have generated .ttf fonts not working under Windows. Until the actual reason of the failure is understood, please do not use it. Version of 2012-07-31 is known to work.
  2. Font names: In some Fontforge versions and/or under some platforms, Fontforge seems to skip the "FullName" line while saving the font and this makes a .ttf generated from the source unusable under Windows. To ensure that this line is always output, select "Element | Font info...", tab "PS Names" and make sure the string "Name for humans:" is different from the string "Fontname:".
  3. Kern: To ensure fonts are properly kerned under all supported platforms, uncheck the "Old style 'kern'" checkbox in the "Option" subdialog of the "Generate Font" dialog box.
  4. OpenType: For MuseJazz at least but perhaps other fonts, it had at one time been determined that MacOS requires you to check the "OpenType" box in order for kerning to work, although Linux and Windows required it to be unchecked. It seems this has changed since then (probably on account of a change within Qt) and now it seems proper to always check "OpenType". But please try to verify that fonts you generate from .sfd sources kern properly on all platforms, and be aware that playing with the "Apple" / "OpenType" / "Old style kern" options may be necessary, regardless of what we believe should work in theory.