Engraving
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Engraving
Can anybody recommend a program which can be installed under Windows without a PhD in computer science (sorry MusixTeX!) and which is versatile enough to be able to engrave scores in contemporary form, possibly microtonal notations, mensural notation and neumes?
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Re: Engraving
Are you including Lilypond in programs that 'require a Ph.D. in computer science'? 
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Re: Engraving
I've found this True Type font for use in 14-15th century notation:
http://myke.trecento.com/fonts/
I haven't used it but I imagine that it might be easier to use on a conceptual level than many of the notation packages (such as Sibelius or Finale). In Photoshop, you'd just drop your notes as text "letters" onto a staff. You won't be able to get the useful playback properties of a notation program, unfortunately, but that's the price you pay for conceptual simplicity.
As for neumes, Google "neumes font" and you'll get all sorts of interesting results.
--Sixtus
http://myke.trecento.com/fonts/
I haven't used it but I imagine that it might be easier to use on a conceptual level than many of the notation packages (such as Sibelius or Finale). In Photoshop, you'd just drop your notes as text "letters" onto a staff. You won't be able to get the useful playback properties of a notation program, unfortunately, but that's the price you pay for conceptual simplicity.
As for neumes, Google "neumes font" and you'll get all sorts of interesting results.
--Sixtus