Re: Replacement suggestions for Century Schoolbook?

[Alexander Kobel]

On 01/08/2013 11:23 AM, Josiah Boothby wrote:
> > > I'd like to collect some suggestion for a replacement font for
> > > Century Schoolbook.
> [...]
> Another source of open fonts that may be of sufficient quality for use
> in scores is Arkandis Digital Foundry[4].
> [...]
> 4. http://arkandis.tuxfamily.org/adffonts.html

What do you think about Tribun and Romande there? Tribun comes with a 
condensed variant (IIRC, I used it a few times for tight lyrics), and 
Romande's No. 2 even seems to be specifically designed with sheet music 
in mind, if I'm not mistaken by the little I remember of French:

[ from http://arkandis.tuxfamily.org/docs/Romande-Cat.pdf ]
> Romande No2 a été réalisée pour servir à la
> rédaction de partitions musicales. Elle offre une
> chasse légèrement condensée et une hauteur globale
> quelque peu réduite par rapport à la version
> d'origine.

Of course, this alone doesn't mean it's the best font out there for your 
needs...


Best,
Alexander