Le Monde Courrier (another really nice one) DF Dynasty (the extra light fonts in here are good, bold loses some of its appeal) Warnock (really really pretty fonts extremely elegant without being flashy) Myriad (this one is gorgeous for body text - FYI it's Apple's corporate font now, having replaced Garamond some years ago) Minion (this one and above make for some absolutely gorgeous professional text - use Cronos for headlines and Minion for body copy and it'll look stellar)

They're hard to read and a little childish.Īs for your text though, here are some alternate typefaces to consider besides Times (in no particular order): I agree with the folks above though in that you should tend to stay away from the Jazzy music fonts. The differences are subtle enough that it may not make sense to worry too much about changing those.

Finale comes with a couple of different 'formal' fonts if I remember correctly, and either of them is fine. The easier the pictures are on the eyes, the easier it is for our brains to make nice words out of them.įirst off, your music font should likely just stick to the default. The way text looks is almost as important as what it says - remember, we don't actually read words, we read pictures. I'm actually learning all about typography as we speak, so I've got a few suggestions for you that'll keep things looking professional without looking like you paid no attention to your type.Īlways pay attention to your type, by the way. Personally, I detest the Times typeface with a passion because it's overused and ugly compared to many alternatives. Go with something simple and easily readable. Which are easier to read? Which are more 'lively'? Which do you just like? Those are some things that are very hard to judge objectively.īut yeah, follow Flint's advice and don't pick anything fancy like 'handwritten' computer fonts or anything like that. (This is of course less of an issue if you use a lesser-known software with a different standard font.) But when it comes to music fonts, it mostly comes down to making a sample in different fonts yourself and comparing them. To some degree the same thing applies though: Simply using a slightly different font can make your score look less 'standard Finale/Sibelus/whatever'. Just some tiny changes in the title area make quite a difference.Īnd if you mean music fonts, like Flint I can't say much about that. If you just go with Finale's standard layout for example, to everyone who knows the Finale look it immediately looks like 'just another Finale file where the editor didn't think about the layout at all'. Nothing fancy, I personally prefer to keep it a very clear and simple font, but just something to make it look somewhat different. But I think it's a good idea to use a different font for the title and play around with italics, font sizes etc.

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