C'mon Darcy - I can also cite many pages where there IS consistent size proportions from page to page - but you've missed the point - I consider your examples to be the exception and not the rule and besides, I wouldn't make a habit of emulating Dover scores as examples of fine music engraving.
> In a message dated 6/9/03 10:08:47 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > << Well, it's very useful in orchestral scores, where your system > reduction can change dramatically from page to page, but you want page > numbers, headers and footers, etc, to remain a consistent size, and you > don't want to check the "Fixed Size" box for those text elements. > > Darcy, I'm curious - where did you get the idea that dramatic system > reductions from page to page was an acceptable engraving practice? Uh, by looking at orchestral scores? Compare page 32 and 33 of Petrushka (Dover), for starters. Or how about pages 12 and 13 (or for that matter, 12 and 30) of the Rite? Pages 3 and 4 of Daphnis & Chloe? Pages 59 and 60 of Mahler 9? Pages 11 and 12 of the B&H Concerto for Orchestra? Etc etc etc etc etc etc etc... Where did you get the idea that it was *not* an acceptable engraving practice? (I know Andrew feels that way as well, but I don't quite see how you would go about engrave these scores without "dramatic fluctuations" in system reduction.) >> _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
