Text Fonts in Musical Scores
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free text fonts for musical scores.
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marked ★ fonts are available for purchase in our ultimate
Elbsound Text Fonts Package (v1.2) :
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259 professional text fonts which are often used in musical scores
(=19,99 USD net plus 0.00%/0,00 USD taxes) .
1a. Favorite Classic Title Fonts
Name Included in Elbsound Text Fonts Package Title Dynamics Expressive & Technique Text
Century Schoolbook L TeX Gyre Schola Edwin Adobe Caslon Pro Baskerville MT Std Adobe Garamond Pro Libre Bodoni ★ Old Standard TT Bold ★ ...still collecting ... any suggestions ?
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1b. Favorite Classic Expressive Text Fonts
Name Included in Elbsound Text Fonts Package Title Dynamics Expressive & Technique Text
Vortragsbezeichnung Monotype Modern Std Extended Edwin Old Standard ★ Plantin MT Std Palatino LT Pro Nepomuk ★ Adobe Garamond Pro Crimson ★ ...still collecting ... any suggestions ?
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2a. Serif Fonts
Name Included in Elbsound Text Fonts Package Title Dynamics Expressive & Technique Text
Academica Academico Adagio Serif Adobe Jenson Pro JensonClassico Adobe Text Pro Aldine401 BT Baskerville MT Std ITC New Baskerville Std Garvis Pro Book ITC Pacella Std STIX Two Text ★ Libre Baskerville ★ Caslon OS ★ Bell MT Std Bembo Std Bitstream Vera Serif Book Antiqua Bookman Old Style Std TeX Gyre Bonum Bookman ITC Std Cambria Calisto MT Std NCT Granite Cardo ★ Centabel Book Adobe Caslon Pro Libre Caslon Text ★ Free Serif ★ Bulmer MT Std Display Bulmer MT Std Iowan Old Style BT FernMicro Alegreya ★ Bodoni LT Pro Book (free trial) Bodoni LT Book Bodoni Svntytwo ITC Std Bodoni Six ITC Std Playfair Display ★ Old Standard TT ★ Old Standard ★ DeVinne BT Monotype Modern Std Extended Theano Didot ★ Didot LT Pro ITC Tiffany Std Bernhard Modern Std Modern No. 20 Bodoni LT Pro (free trial) Bodoni LT Bodoni Recut FS Electra LT Bold Libre Bodoni ★ Old Standard TT Bold ★ Monotype Modern MT Pro Magneta Condensed CentSchbook BdCn BT FPRehearsalDouble NewCaledonia LT Black Bembo Extra Bold Century Schoolbook L Bold Century Schoolbook L TeX Gyre Schola Edwin New Century Schoolbook LT Pro ITC Century Std Century Old Style Century Old Style EF CharterITC BT Roman Ionic Clarendon BT (free trial) Clarendon Cn BT Clarendon Cochin LT Crimson Text Crimson ★ DaunPenh Vollkorn ★ DejaVu Serif GFS Didot Epic Equity Espressivo Excelsior LT Fanwood Text Fanwood ★ Fedra Serif A Fedra Serif B ITC Galliard Std ClassGarmnd BT StempelGaramond LT ITC Garamond Std Garamond-Roman Adobe Garamond Pro Garamond Premier Pro Garamond Antiqua Garamond Gentium Book Basic Gentium Gentium Plus Georgia Goudy Old Style T OT Goudy Old Style MT Std Hoefler Text ITC Clearface Std Junicode ★ IM FELL THREE LINE PICA PRO IM FELL THREE LINE PICA Kepler Linux Libertine Display ★ Linux Libertine ★ Linux Libertine O ★ Lucida Lusitana ★ Minion Pro Noto Serif MusikTextEuroSerif MusRoman MZ Buenard ★ MZ Lora ★ Linden Hill ★ Nepomuk ★ New York TeX Gyre Pagella Palatino LT Pro Palatino LT Arno Pro Constantia PermianSerifTypeface ★ Perpetua Photina MT Std Plantin MT Std Poly ★ PT Serif RehearsalDbl Renard Requiem Display-HTF Requiem Display Requiem Text-HTF Requiem Text Requiem RotisSerif AgfaRotisSerif RotisSemiSerif AgfaRotisSemiSerif Savoy Scotch Modern MgOpen Cosmetica Sorts Mill Goudy ★ Trykker Optima LT Pro Optimum Eterna Swift LT Pro TeX Gyre Termes MetTimesPC CG Times Times CG ATT Times CG Times LT Times LT Pro Times New Roman MT Times New Roman PS Times New Roman Times Europa LT Times LT Semibold Times Ten Times Tinos Trola Utopia Warnock Pro Lucida Bright LT Sabon LT Pro Corsiva MT Std Vortragsbezeichnung
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2b. Serif capital letters
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2c. Scanned and/or vintage serif fonts
Name Included in Elbsound Text Fonts Package Title Dynamics Expressive & Technique Text
Trajanus LT Std Opera-Lyrics-Smooth OldNewspaperTypes Century modern TT EB Garamond 12 ★ EB Garamond Goudy Bookletter 1911 ★ IM FELL French Canon ★ IM FELL Great Primer ★ IM FELL Double Pica ★ EB Garamond 08 ★ IM FELL English ★ IM FELL DW Pica ★ EB Garamond SC 12 ★ IM FELL French Canon SC ★ IM FELL Great Primer SC IM FELL Double Pica SC ★ IM FELL English SC ★ EB Garamond SC 08 ★ IM FELL DW Pica SC ★ Terra Ignota Antiquarian Scribe
Back to Top 3a. Sans Fonts
Name Included in Elbsound Text Fonts Package Title Dynamics Expressive & Technique Text
Adagio Sans Light Adagio Sans Medium Adagio Sans Akzidenz Grotesk Arial Arial MT Std Arial Rounded MT Std Source Sans Pro ★ Avenir LT Pro Dotum Bitstream Vera Sans Century Gothic Std Computer Modern ★ FF Scala Sans DejaVu Sans Alegreya Sans Fira Sans ★ Fontin Sans Roboto ★ FreeSans ★ MgOpen Moderna Parisine Plus Parisine Std Frutiger LT Pro Geneva Segoe UI Candara Acid MZ Economica ★ Helvetica Neue LT Helvetica Liberation Sans ★ Gill Sans MT Std Linux Biolinum O ★ MS Sans Serif MusikTextEuroSans Myriad Pro MZ Open Sans ★ NewsGoth BT RehearsalSansDbl Swis721 BT Trebuchet MS Futura Heavy Univers LT Pro Tahoma GillSans Tw Cen MT MZ Voces ★ Lucida Grande Lucida Sans Console Lucida Sans Unicode Lucida Sans Calibri Verdana Agfa Rotis Sans Serif RotisSansSerif Futura Medium Futura Berthold City Light
Back to Top 3b. Bold Sans Fonts
Name Included in Elbsound Text Fonts Package Title Dynamics Expressive & Technique Text
Adobe Heiti Std Franklin Gothic FPRehearsalSansDouble Charcoal Optima-ExtraBlack Arial Black Haettenschweiler Impact Win
Back to Top 4. Handwritten Fonts
Name Included in Elbsound Text Fonts Package Title Dynamics Expressive & Technique Text
Frontiers Lazy & Sloppy Frontiers Sloppy Handwriting David John Frontiers Nice Handwriting Serge Leonard Jeffersonian OOJazz Kurt Steinberg Text Jazz j.d. Cedar Street Rock Salt ★ Colors Of Autumn From Skyler PERSONAL USE ONLY NorText Adam Warren pro MZ Gloria Hallelujah ★ Stya Back Issues BB HandClapText LeeAlpha Real Book Title Permanent Marker ★ SPP_Jazz_1 MZ Chewy ★ BadaBoom BB Komika Hand RealScore Title JazzTextExtended JazzText LilyJAZZText GJM realbook TTkJazzText PGTextje JazzCopyistTitle NorPenTitle BopMusic Title Inkpen2 Script Std BopMusic Script Aloisen Groove Text Encore NorScript Cased Oblique Encore NorScript Cased NorPenScript Encore NorScript AshAlpha SwingText Pea Missy with a Marker Marker Felt SwingTextEuro MozartJazzText ★ MuseJazz Text ★ Guitar Pro 6 Jazz Impress BT Thickmarker Broadway Copyist Text Ext Komika Jam Komika Slick FlashDLig Komika Slim VTC Letterer Pro ZITZ RealScore Script JazzCopyistScript BigBandScript DomCasual BT Dom Casual Dom Rabbit Hole RussAlpha Krinitsky Benguiat Frisky CE ATT Benguiat Frisky Reprise Script Std Wastrel Oblique MV Boli Kalam ★ PetalumaScript Colorado Book Text Graphite Std Pumpkinseed Segoe Print MZ Shadows Into Light Two ★ Marydale ShadLighLyrics ★ GoldenAgeText Finale Copyist Text Collector Comic Comic Sans MS
Back to Top 5. Antique fonts
Name Included in Elbsound Text Fonts Package Title Dynamics Expressive & Technique Text
Old English Com P22Grenville Blackadder ITC RegalloAPlaya P22 Operina Pro Historical-StAugustinCivilite Varius 2 LT Std P22 Morris Golden
Back to Top 6. Script Fonts
Name Included in Elbsound Text Fonts Package Title Dynamics Expressive & Technique Text
18th Century Kurrent Text 18th Century Kurrent Start Autograph Lanier HPLHS Geographica Script American Scribe Remsen Script Texas Hero Military Scribe Houston Pen Old Man Eloquent Schooner Script Lanier JaneAusten Lassigue D'Mato P22 Cezanne BakerScript Jefferson EmilyAustin P22 Monet Magnus Allegheny Aquiline AquilineTwo Voluta Script Jellyka BeesAntique Handwriting Some Weatz Symbols Some Weatz Swashes Article10 Zapfino Extra LT One Bickham Script Pro Chopin Script Freebooter Script Freebooter Script - Alts Francisco Lucas LLana Francisco Lucas Briosa MalaTestaCKU MalaTestaN Shipped Goods 1 Shipped Goods 2 Qaskin Black RavaliItalic Quickier Bickham Script Three Bickham Script Two Gessele Brush Script MT Mr Bedfort ★ Mr Dafoe ★ High Tide Demo VayenthaScriptDemo VTKSColored Soul 3 Lemon Tuesday ★ LemJazz ★ Xtreem Fat Demo WarmShowers Viktorie festus! Freestyle Script Segoe Script
Back to Top 7. Common Decorative Title Fonts
Name Title
Reprise Title Std Reprise Stamp Std Labium S'il Vous Plait NF Std MZ Limelight ★ CaslonOpenFace LT ChopinOpenFace Brainard Folio Composer Brainard Folio Title Tempus Sans ITC Std Kallos ITC Std Old Times American MZ Roboto Slab ★ American Typewriter Courier New Anson Apple Chancery Technical
Back to Top 8. Rehearsal Mark Fonts (with Enclosure)
Name Included in Elbsound Text Fonts Package Title Dynamics Expressive & Technique Text
JW Rehearsal SCAPS 1 Bold JW Rehearsal Shadow 1 Bold FPEnclosureSans FPRehearsalSans JW Rehearsal Serifs Bold JW Rehearsal Serifs 2 FPRehearsal FPEnclosureSerif Reprise Rehearsal Std
Back to Top 9a. Serif Lyrics fonts
Name Included in Elbsound Text Fonts Package Text
Muzitex2 Minion Pro Condensed FreeSerifLyrics ★ Clarendon Cn BT Vollkorn ★ Goudy Old Style MT Std Warnock Pro ITC Clearface Std Linux Libertine ★ Adobe Text Pro Minion Pro Kepler Std Semicondensed Caption Goudy Old Style T OT Opera SF Adobe Song Std L ITC Century Std Condensed Garamond Premier Pro Arno Pro Modern MT Pro Condensed Finale Lyrics Lido STF Cond CE Times New Roman MT Std Condensed Bulmer MT Std Display Bodoni LT Pro Book (free trial) Opera-Lyrics-Smooth Century Old Style FPLyrics MZ Stint Ultra Condensed ★
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Back to Top 10. Tuplet Number Fonts
Back to Top Comparison of text fonts for lyrics Comparison of text fonts for dynamics Comparison of text fonts for Expressive & Technique text (Part 1) Comparison of text fonts for Expressive & Technique text (Part 2) Thread on "Text fonts that music publishers use" Fonts used in hymnal books An 'invisible' font (good for spacing issues) List and images of vintage script fonts 3 podcasts on "Using (Text) Fonts in Sheet Music"
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