On 10/26/05 3:44 PM, "dhbailey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When I look at all the various publishers who have been in business a > long long time, with all the various engravers' work, the more I find it > doesn't matter as long as the music is legible, not hard on the eyes and > is clearly laid out so time doesn't have to be wasted by musicians > trying to decipher what's meant. > > The vast differences in appearance between Breitkopf&Hartel, > Boosey&Hawkes, Schott, European-American, G. Schirmer, E.C. Schirmer, > Carl Fischer, Southern Music, plus countless smaller houses, make me > realize that clarity is the only issue -- if a font looks good to you > and you lay the music out properly, that's what counts. > > House rules govern much of the appearance issues, and they are as > important as (if not more so than) font issues.
Thanks for sharing your opinion, David -- I very much agree with your assessment. I suppose what's got me thinking about this more lately is that I've never really had a specific problem with Maestro -- it's always been acceptable for my needs -- but I also haven't been able to shake a certain feeling that there was something better out there. Of course, the fact that I can't put my finger on exactly what it is that gives me that feeling doesn't really help me to figure out a preferred replacement. -- Mike _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
