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I have updated my JW Lua based <a
href="https://elbsound.studio/music-font-comparison.php">Music
Font Comparison to v2.0</a>.<br>
It now includes 50 new music font families (200 in total), a new
contemporary notation example, improved rendering and engraving
quality and direct linking.<br>
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Fixing the following JW Lua bugs would still improve the quality
(see my mail from 2016-10-26):<br>
- FCShapeDefInstruction crashes Finale (current workaround: check
manually for shapes that may crash Finale)<br>
- Support of unicode in FCShapeDefInstructions:AddDrawChar (current
workaround: library load)<br>
- Support of different parts/score values for Time Signatures
(current workaround: no part support)<br>
- FCStemConnectionTable:DeleteData() doesn't work (current
workaround: remove all stem connections manually before running the
plugin)<br>
- Percussion noteheads don't update automatically after they have
changed (current workaround: manually click on undo and redo, then
they appear - or simply don't use percussion notation staves)<br>
- Support for individual staff name positions (current workaround:
don't use font mixes in staff names)<br>
- Support for undo after a font change with an error (current
workaround: always save the file before running the plugin - should
an error occur, it's possible to restore the version. Very
high-priority bug!)<br>
- A few settings from Document Options and other preferences dialog
are missing and create collisions or wrong positions: for example
UseAfterStartTextOffset which would prevent trill lines to collide
with the trill symbol (no workaround available)<br>
- availability of FCArticulation:ResetHorPos() would improve the
placement of tremolo articulations which is still not emulated
perfectly.<br>
- the mid-measure clef vertical offset is missing, so metrically
incompatible mid-measure clefs may appear on the wrong staffline (no
workaround available)<br>
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A few examples:<br>
<img alt=""
src="https://elbsound.studio/img/musicfontcomparisonv2.gif"
moz-do-not-send="true" height="431" width="800"><br>
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Happy holidays!<br>
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Best,<br>
Jan<br>
<a href="https://elbsound.studio">Elbsound.studio</a><br>
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