Hi Paul,
For technique-type of things (telling the performers what to do or how
to play their instrument), I use Roman. For expressivo marking (dolce
etc) and indeed sim., sempre etc. I use italic.
Asyla is published by my publisher (Faber Music) and while they've never
conveyed any hard-and-fast rules to me (in spite of my asking!), that
seems to be the standard that they use.
In terms of fonts, the general rule is that you should stick to the one
family of fonts throughout the document. The general page-design rule I
was taught years ago is that you can use one serif font and one
sans-serif font per page.
Cheers
Matthew
Paul Hayden wrote:
I know that many of you are very particular about the fonts you use for
for tempos and tempo modifications, instrument names, technical
instructions (arco, pizz., a2, con sord., div., G.P., etc.), titles and
subtitles, composer's name, copyright info, etc. I've worked out (not
very methodically, I'll admit) a set of fonts, styles and sizes that
seem to work okay. But I have two questions:
1. For technical instructions (see above), do you use italic? Bold?
Roman? Some of both?
2. Is there a webpage somewhere that details a set of fonts (including
sizes and styles) that work well for text-related items in a score?
I refer to a lot of scores, of course, but I've seen many variations --
sometimes within a single score. Right now I'm looking at page 10 of
Thomas Ades's "Asyla" and I see "pizz." and "sul tasto" in roman, while
"legato" and "sim. sempre" are in italic.
Thanks.
Paul Hayden
Magnolia Music Press
<www.paulhayden.com>
Voice & Pre-arranged fax: 225-769-9604
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