Hi All,
I'm doing a bit of research, and thought I might offer up a question to
the many experienced members of the list.
Type-setters use some relative units of measurement, for example, the em
(equal to the same point size as the type being set) and the en (one
half of an em space). I am
On 29.01.2006 Scott Amort wrote:
Type-setters use some relative units of measurement, for example, the em
(equal to the same point size as the type being set) and the en (one
half of an em space). I am wondering what the main relative units of
measurement are in music engraving (or, if in fact
Ted Ross (The Art of Music Engraving and Processing) measures everything
in spaces (down to 1/4 space increments).
Finale uses the EDU, which is both relative and a fixed unit. As a
relative unit, 24 EDU is equal to a space. As a fixed unit, 288 EDU
equals an inch. Relative and fixed EDUs are
Oops, I'm acronym dyslexic. Finale's unit of distance is the EVPU. The
EDU measures metric time duration (1024 units per quarter note).
Incidentally, Finale in recent years has another distance unit called
the EFIX. 64 EFIX = 1 EVPU, so a space is 1536 EFIX, and an inch is
18,432 EFIX. EFIX
On Sun, 2006-01-29 at 18:37 +0100, Johannes Gebauer wrote:
Spot on. Spaces and Notehead width. (I think it is the width of a
quarter note head, but that I don't know for sure.)
Thanks all, for taking the time to respond. I've been meaning to take a
look at the Ted Ross book for a while, now
Scott Amort wrote:
Thanks all, for taking the time to respond. I've been meaning to take a
look at the Ted Ross book for a while, now I've got a good excuse!
As far a taking a look at Ted Ross' book, I am certain it is still
available on CD-ROM from NPC imaging; last time I heard, it was not
