Steinberg Dorico 6 notation tool adds cutaways, font, layout features, more

Steinberg Dorico remains the commercial scoring tool to beat. Dorico 6 for macOS, Windows, and iPadOS adds a bunch of new features, but I’m particularly excited to see features like Lutosławski-style cutaways, system-attached items, and full OpenType glyph positioning and glyph substitution features. For advanced contemporary music, this is exactly the flexibility we were waiting for across the evolution of Sibelius and then Dorico – and it’ll be welcome news to those arriving from the now-discontinued Finale.

The Prince symbol has been salvaged from a 1993 floppy disk

Prince was way ahead of non-fungible tokens – with a symbol that was intended to make life a pain-in-the-a** for the record label. (Non-f***able totem?) And now Anil Dash and Limor Fried/Adafruit have brought back that image from a floppy.

Peter Kirn - November 30, 2021

Fonts for a cause: SoliType gives you designer letters to support meals in the Balkans

Your next design project or album cover can pick up trendy letters from independent designers – all while helping get meals to those in need.

Peter Kirn - February 2, 2021

MIDI has a slick new brand identity, courtesy Pentagram, in time for 2.0

Peter Kirn - January 18, 2021

Watch Powell’s genius, glitching music video made from email

Peter Kirn - October 6, 2015

Gazing Back at You: Responsive Typography and Face Tracking [Source]

Peter Kirn - August 14, 2013

With Pop-Up Store, Party, and … Rectangles, vvvv Celebrates 10 Years of Visual Power [Gallery]

Peter Kirn - December 19, 2012

A Kinetic, Experimental Typeface Made by Running Around Cities with GPS

Peter Kirn - February 20, 2012

Modulating Type with Synthesizer Knobs: Meek FM, Revisited

Peter Kirn - January 25, 2012

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