Elbsound Text Fonts Package

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All marked fonts are available for purchase in our ultimate Elbsound Text Fonts Package (v1.43):
for just 19,99 USD you get 450 professional text font files which are often used in musical scores
(=19,99 USD net plus 0.00%/0,00 USD taxes).

Text Font Contents

1a. Favorite Classic Title Fonts2c. Serif (scanned and/or vintage fonts)6. Script
1b. Favorite Classic Expressive Text Fonts3a. Sans 7. Decorative Title Fonts
2a. Serif 3b. Sans (bold and black) 8. Rehearsal Marks (with Enclosure)
2b. Serif capital letters4. Handwritten9. Lyrics            10. Tuplet Numbers

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1a. Favorite Classic Title Fonts

NameIncluded in Elbsound
Text Fonts Package
TitleDynamics                           Expressive & Technique Text
Libre Bodoni
Old Standard TT Bold
Old Music Standard
Edwin
TeX Gyre Schola
Nepomuk

1b. Favorite Classic Expressive Text Fonts

NameIncluded in Elbsound
Text Fonts Package
TitleDynamics                           Expressive & Technique Text
Old Music Standard
Edwin
Nepomuk
Old Standard
Crimson
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2a. Serif Fonts

NameIncluded in Elbsound
Text Fonts Package
TitleDynamics                           Expressive & Technique Text
STIX Two Text
Academico
Libre Baskerville
Caslon OS
Bitstream Vera Serif
TeX Gyre Bonum
Cardo
Centabel Book
Libre Caslon Text
FreeSerif
Alegreya
Playfair Display
Old Standard TT
Old Standard
Theano Didot
Libre Bodoni
Old Standard TT Bold
TeX Gyre Schola
Edwin
Crimson Pro
Crimson Text
Crimson
Vollkorn
DejaVu Serif Book
DejaVu Serif
GFS Didot
Fanwood Text
Fanwood
Gentium Book Basic
Gentium Plus
Georgia
Junicode
IM FELL THREE
LINE PICA PRO
IM FELL THREE
LINE PICA
Linux Libertine Display
Linux Libertine
Linux Libertine O
Lusitana
MZ Buenard
MZ Lora
Linden Hill
Nepomuk
Old Music Standard
TeX Gyre Pagella
PermianSerifTypeface
Poly
PT Serif
MgOpen Cosmetica
Sorts Mill Goudy
Trykker
TeX Gyre Termes
Finale Maestro Text
Tinos
Times New Roman
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2b. Serif capital letters
NameIncluded in Elbsound
Text Fonts Package
TitleDynamics                           Expressive & Technique Text
Cinzel
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2c. Scanned and/or vintage serif fonts

NameIncluded in Elbsound
Text Fonts Package
TitleDynamics                           Expressive & Technique Text
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
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3a. Sans Fonts

NameIncluded in Elbsound
Text Fonts Package
TitleDynamics                           Expressive & Technique Text
Arial
Source Sans Pro
Bitstream Vera Sans
Computer Modern (CMU Bright)
DejaVu Sans
Alegreya Sans
Fira Sans
Segoe UI
Fontin Sans
Roboto
FreeSans
K1FS
MgOpen Moderna
Candara
Acid
MZ Economica
Liberation Sans
Linux Biolinum O
MS Sans Serif
MusikTextEuroSans
MZ Open Sans
Trebuchet MS
MZ Voces
Verdana
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3b. Bold Sans Fonts

NameIncluded in Elbsound
Text Fonts Package
TitleDynamics                           Expressive & Technique Text
Impact
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4. Handwritten Fonts

NameIncluded in Elbsound
Text Fonts Package
TitleDynamics                           Expressive & Technique Text
Frontiers Lazy & Sloppy
Frontiers Sloppy Handwriting
David
John
Frontiers Nice Handwriting
Serge
Leonard
Kurt
j.d.
Rock Salt
Colors Of Autumn
From Skyler PERSONAL USE ONLY
MZ Gloria Hallelujah
Stya
Real Book Title
Permanent Marker
MZ Chewy
LilyJAZZText
Finale Jazz Text
Finale Broadway Legacy Text
MozartJazzText
Finale Ash Text
Golden Age
GoldenAgeText
Colorado Book Text
Pea Missy with a Marker
Marker Felt
Finale Jazz Text Lowercase
SwingTextEuro
MuseJazz Text
Thickmarker
Rabbit Hole
PetalumaScript
Kalam
Segoe Print
MZ Shadows Into Light Two
ShadLighLyrics
Finale Broadway Text
Comic Sans MS
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6. Script Fonts

NameIncluded in Elbsound
Text Fonts Package
TitleDynamics                           Expressive & Technique Text
18th Century Kurrent Text
18th Century Kurrent Start
Autograph Lanier HPLHS
JaneAusten
Magnus
Jellyka BeesAntique Handwriting
Some Weatz Symbols
Some Weatz Swashes
Chopin Script
Freebooter Script
Freebooter Script - Alts
(Use together with Freebooter Script)
Francisco Lucas LLana
Francisco Lucas Briosa
MalaTestaCKU
MalaTestaN
Shipped Goods 1
Shipped Goods 2
Qaskin Black
RavaliItalic
Quickier
Bickham Script Three
Bickham Script Two
Mr Bedfort
Mr Dafoe
High Tide Demo
VayenthaScriptDemo
VTKSColored Soul 3
Lemon Tuesday
LemJazz
Xtreem Fat Demo
WarmShowers
festus!
Segoe Script
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7. Common Decorative Title Fonts

NameIncluded in Elbsound
Text Fonts Package
Title
Labium
MZ Limelight
ChopinOpenFace
MZ Roboto Slab
Courier New
Anson
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8. Rehearsal Mark Fonts (with Enclosure)

NameIncluded in Elbsound
Text Fonts Package
TitleDynamics                           Expressive & Technique Text
JW Rehearsal SCAPS 1 Bold
JW Rehearsal Shadow 1 Bold
JW Rehearsal Serifs Bold
JW Rehearsal Serifs 2
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9. Serif Lyrics fonts

NameIncluded in Elbsound
Text Fonts Package
Text
Muzitex2
FreeSerifLyrics
Vollkorn
Linux Libertine
Finale Lyrics
Opera SF
Opera-Lyrics-Smooth
MZ Stint Ultra Condensed
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10. Tuplet Number Fonts

NameIncluded in Elbsound
Text Fonts Package
Text
Numero
ProfondoTupletNumbers
Tuplet Numbers (Petrucci)
Tuplet Numbers (Sonata)
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Here are a few external PDFs that compare text/lyrics fonts:
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)

More interesting links:
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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