This metadata set eliminates the need for font annotation files and application specific stem connections, and may be used by software developers to improve an application's placement and spacing functionality. However, the mapping is entirely systematic the glyphs are sorted in categories and follows an entirely standardized naming scheme which facilitates the implementation of improved search and navigation functionality within the software itself.īeyond glyph mapping and naming, SMuFL includes an extended set of glyph metadata, including registration, spacing, bounding box coordinates and coordinates for stem connections, optical centering of dynamics and cutouts in accidentals and other shapes. It is true that it can be very hard to find a single symbol in a huge SMuFL font. SMuFL does not stipulate any mandatory glyphs it only recommends them, so the scope of a SMuFL font is entirely optional. It's primary objective is to standardize glyph mapping for any musical symbol in the literature, which surely benefits both software designers and users. It is a greatly designed software.Īs a font designer, I can't for the life of me figure out why SMuFL is controversial. It has more features than Dorico and many other features that I would like to see implemented in Finale. Personally I have very mixed feeling for SMuFL.īTW, no one is talking about MuseScore 2 and v3. The question is if MM or Avid want to make their property fonts SMuFL compatible. TgTools, Patterson Plugins, JW Change and Staff Polyphony, QuicKeys 4Īs Wiggy described somewhere, it is possible to have Maestro SMuFL-compatible AND to have it working for old files. Otherwise, your 3rd party font aint gonna work anymore on the new setup. I would save a "Maestro Font Default" that is un-SMuFLized and a number of template formats with the current font mapping. I hope users that use other fonts are prepared for the switchover to SMuFL.
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