Printing Music with CSS Grid

Post by 2024throwaway » Wed, May 01, 2024, 12:29 PM UTC

heroprotagonist wrote: post #59

adrianh wrote: post #40

Impressive hack — kudos from a fellow sheet music software developer! I've spent more than 10 years now building Soundslice, which does web-based sheet music rendering. I believe we were the first to do "responsive" web notation (that part of the site launched in 2014). Here's a tech talk I gave with a lot of details: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XH5EtQge_Bg Here's an example of responsive Soundslice notation: htt…

Could you perhaps elaborate about what makes it 'not up to snuff', given how much you used it as a chance to promote your own stuff?

Post by FelipeCortez » Wed, May 01, 2024, 2:18 PM UTC

heroprotagonist wrote: post #59

adrianh wrote: post #40

Impressive hack — kudos from a fellow sheet music software developer! I've spent more than 10 years now building Soundslice, which does web-based sheet music rendering. I believe we were the first to do "responsive" web notation (that part of the site launched in 2014). Here's a tech talk I gave with a lot of details: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XH5EtQge_Bg Here's an example of responsive Soundslice notation: htt…

Could you perhaps elaborate about what makes it 'not up to snuff', given how much you used it as a chance to promote your own stuff?

Post by blitt » Wed, May 01, 2024, 4:33 PM UTC

amiga386 wrote: post #41

Tokkemon wrote: post #34

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Sure. It's an old-fashioned term for the artisans who engraved music notation onto metal plates. These were then inked for pressing. It's a highly specialized skill and requires a deep knowledge of now notation works and how musicians will respond to it. Today it is all done on computer but the artistry of knowing how the notation should look and the meaning behind it is still there. That's the basics but the work we…

That's very much it. You could also make an analogy to the arts of typography and typesetting. It's of the same importance to a composer or musician that the notation is legible and beautiful, as it is to a graphic designer or reader that type and layout are legible and beautiful. If the GP is interested in the topic, there are great videos by Tantacrul on his experience redesigning the notation font for MuseScore [0…

Post by TheRealPomax » Wed, May 01, 2024, 6:23 PM UTC

Tokkemon wrote: post #16

TheRealPomax wrote: post #13

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Not everyone needs to typeset a full symphony with all the crazy notation for every single instrument though, having an easy responsive web presentation for even 50% of the "simple" scoring you do is a fantastic option to have.

But this solution won't even get you that far, let's be honest.

Post by Tokkemon » Wed, May 01, 2024, 6:45 PM UTC

n_plus_1_acc wrote: post #58

scop wrote: post #30

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What is a music engraver? I could google it, but I would appreciate a music engraver actually telling me vs some random page on the internet.

It the equivalent of typesetting for music. Choosing fonts/styles, nudging spacing, improving redability, experimenting with page layout, etc