The foundation for the music font comparison was laid. Nevertheless the result was so promising that we were eager to see the output with corrected placement of the objects. One-click conversion from Maestro to SMuFl Bravura would be possible!Ī prototype was finished quickly, but because the metric information was not used, some symbols appeared with inconsistencies in their positioning compared to the original font. The metric data for each font glyph was needed to properly calculate positioning without a collision.įinally, if this was to work with every music font – Finale compatible or not – a character map for each font was necessary.Īfter having implemented the character tables of some standard music fonts and their metric functions, it became obvious that it would be possible to create an automatic “font swap” plugin using this database which improved on Finale’s own font conversion tool, as it took into account the character maps. a fermata on a rest is allowed, while an accent on a rest should be removed (Beat 3). Removing collisions of articulations was an important consideration for automation by the plugin: it was necessary to determine how two articulations should be positioned relative to each other: a fermata will go on top of an accent (Beat 2 above), but below a string bowing (Beat 1).Īn articulation might be unnecessary or the result of a faulty copy & paste command: e.g. Image 2: Automatic articulation correction with knowledge of the semantics and metrics
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