Chant & Melody Fonts

	Gregorian Chant Fonts:
	For PC:	MeinradA MeinradB MeinradC Test Font
	For MacOS:	StMeinrad-A StMeinrad-B
	Melody Fonts:
	For PC:	Melody Test Font

TrueType Fonts for Creating Gregorian Chant

These fonts allow you to recreate the notation of the Gregorian chant found in the Graduale Romanum and the Antiphonale Monasticim. They can reproduce even the most complex chants of the tradition. As such, these fonts offer an invaluable resource, both for the parish music director and for scholars of ancient music.

The PC version contains three fonts:

• MeinradA, which contains the basic notes and signs
• MeinradB, which contains the shapes for the porrectus and for naturals
• MeinradC, which contains the liquescents

The PC version fonts were created by Typographer 4.0 for use in Microsoft Windows. The TrueType fonts are installed like any other font. The Type 1 PostScript fonts must be used with Adobe Type Manager and are installed with the program.
Cost: $50.00.
 

The Macintosh version contains two fonts:

• StMeinrad-A, which contains the basic notes and signs
• StMeinrad-B, which contains additional notes including the liquescents

The Mac version fonts have been generated by Typographer 3.3.1 as Type 1 and TrueType fonts. The Type 1 fonts are used with Adobe Type Manager. TrueType fonts can only be used on the Macintosh with System 7 or higher (including Mac OS X).
Cost: $50.00.
 

The fonts are not software programs, but are used with word-processing and desktop publishing programs. The fonts are used to type the music into a document. These fonts will print crisply on high-quality printers at 300 dpi, 600 dpi and higher.

Note: It is important to have a high-end, word-processing or desktop publishing program, such as MS Word 6.0 for Windows or the like. These programs are able to show exactly on the screen what will print so the music and the text can be aligned.

Each of the top three rows of the keyboard is dedicated to a specific shape.

PC Version	Number Row	Q - P Row	A - ; Row
Upper Case:	Virga	Tops for podatus, porrectus, etc.	Bottom of podatus
Lower Case:	Rhombus	Left Virga for climacus	Punctum or regular square note
Mac Version	Number Row	Q - P Row	A - ; Row
Upper Case:	Virga	Tops for podatus, porrectus, etc.	Bottom of podatus
Lower Case:	Rhombus	Left Virga for climacus	Punctum or regular square note
Option:	Porrectus: 2nd, curved	Left Side Bars, to connect notes	Quilisma
Shift+Option:	Porrectus: 3rd, curved	Right Side Bars, to connect notes	Custos

In each row, the key to the far left (1,Q,A) puts a note below the staff lines. As you move from left to right, the keys put the note in a higher position on the staff.

The bottom row is divided into two parts:

	Upper Case	Lower Case
Keys: ZXCVB	Clef Signs	Staff Lines
		z = 3/8 unit
		x = 6 units
		c = 3 units
		v = 1 unit
		b = 1/4 unit
Keys: NM,./	Dots (higher) for notes in spaces	Dots (lower) for notes on lines

Other signs on the keyboard:

• Bracket Keys: incise, half bar, bar, and double bar
• Backslash: Flats
• Tilde: Very low and high dots
• Underline and Equal: Notes on the line below the staff

For PCs, half of the symbols in a font are accessed by holding down the Alt key and typing zero followed by a number between 130 and 255. The following symbols are contained on these keys:

130 - 136 Special signs
147 - 156 Left Side Bars, one unit high, used for connecting notes
161 - 169 Notes for the Reciting Tone
170 - 179 Symbols for the line above the staff
180 - 189 Flats
190 - 199 Quilisma
200 - 209 Left Side Bars, three units high, used for connecting notes
210 - 219 Right Side Bars, three units high, used for connecting notes
220 - 229 Ictus
230 - 239 Episema
240 - 249 Custos, small notes to indicate the first note of the next line
250 - 255 Very low and very high notes

Each font comes with a complete map as well as with an instruction book to show how the more difficult notes are created.