2 This is a font of music symbols. All MF sources are original. The
3 symbols are modelled after various editions of music, notably
10 The best references on Music engraving are [Wanske] and [Ross], some
11 of their insights have also been used. Although a matter of taste,
12 I'd say that Baerenreiter has the finest typography of all.
14 Traditional engraving uses a set of 9 standardised sizes for Staffs
15 (running from 0 to 8).
17 I tried measuring those (helped by a magnifying glass), and I get the
18 staffsizes in the following table. One should note that these are
19 estimates, so I think there could be a measuring error of ~ .5 pt.
20 Moreover [Ross] states that not all engravers use exactly those sizes.
22 Staffsize Numbers Name
25 22.6pt No. 1 Giant/English
26 21.3pt No. 2 Giant/English
27 19.9pt No. 3 Regular, Ordinary, Common
29 17.1pt No. 5 Large middle
30 15.9pt No. 6 Small middle
35 This table is partially taken from [Ross]. Most music is set in No.3,
36 but the papersizes usually are bigger than standard printer paper
39 [Ross] states that the dies (the stamps to make the symbols) come in