A set of plug-ins for MuseScore Studio 4.4 that provides some very useful functionality for your scores.
Included plug-ins • Installation • Required Fonts • How to use • Feedback, requests and bug reports • License
- MN Create Title Page automatically creates a professional-looking title page from the Title, Subtitle and Composer information entered on your score
- It lets you choose from a number of different templates/styles, many of which have been loosely modelled on professional music publishers’ house styles.
- MN Create Title Page will also, if required, automatically create a ‘front matter page’, with boilerplate text entered for you to populate (e.g. programme note, performance notes, instrumentation, etc.)
- NOTE: the bundled templates require commonly available fonts. Many of these fonts come with Mac OS X and/or Windows, or are installed by Microsoft Office. Some may need to be manually installed. See below for links to font downloads.
- MN Make Recommended Layout Changes automatically applies some key layout settings, as recommended by composer Michael Norris, such as:
- Spacing and layout: staff size (based on the number of instruments), page margins, barline width, minimum bar width, spacing ratio, some style settings not optimal, bar number on first bar, staff spacing, system spacing, removes any manually added layout breaks, first system indentation
- Parts: staff size (based on the number of instruments), page margins, barline width, minimum bar width, spacing ratio, some style settings not optimal, bar number on first bar, staff spacing, system spacing, first system indentation, multimeasure rests, multirest width
- Staff names and order: Sets staff name visibility appropriate to ensemble size
- Fonts: sets music font to Bravura, sets all tuplet, bar number, technique, expression font to Times New Roman, part name frame and padding, page number style to plain
- Other: slur line width, title frame height and distance to music
MN Utility Plugins require MuseScore Studio 4.4 or later.
- Download the project as a zip file either from the green Code button above, or from the direct download link below.
- Extract it using archive extraction software
- Move the entire folder into MuseScore’s plugins folder, configurable at Preferences→General→Folders. The default directories are:
- Mac OS: ~/Documents/MuseScore4/Plugins/
- Windows: C:\Users\YourUserName\Documents\MuseScore4\Plugins\
- Linux: ~/Documents/MuseScore4/Plugins
- Open MuseScore or quit and relaunch it if it was already open
- Click Home→Plugins or Plugins→Manage plugins...
- For each of the MN Utility plugins, click on their icon and click ‘Enable’
- The plugins should now be available from the Plugins menu
- You may also need to download and install fonts — see below
Direct downloads of the Zip file can be found on the releases page.
The title page templates make use of the following commonly available fonts. Many of these fonts come bundled with the Windows and/or Mac OS operating systems, with Microsoft Office, or as a free download.
Depending on your particular combination of OS and other software, you may or may not already have them installed. If you need to install them, below is a list of download links:
- Academy Engraved LET: bundled with Mac OS X; available for download here
- Alegreya Sans: available for download here
- Amulya: available for download here
- Aptos: bundled with Windows and Microsoft products; the latest available for download here
- Archivo: available for download here
- Avenir: bundled with Mac OS X; available for download here
- Baskerville: bundled with Mac OS X; Libre Baskerville, a very similar font, is available for download here — you will need to manually set the fonts to Libre Baskerville.
- Bitter: available for download here
- Bodoni Moda: available for download here
- Century Schoolbook: bundled with Mac OS X; available for download here
- Chaparral Pro: available for download here
- Clash Display: available for download here
- Crimson Pro: available for download here
- EB Garamond: available for download here
- Fanwood Text: available for download here
- Futura: bundled with Mac OS X; available for download here
- Gill Sans: bundled with Max OS X and Windows 11; available for download here
- Goudy Old Style: bundled with Microsoft Office; available for download here
- Helvetica Neue: bundled with Mac OS X; available for download here
- Linden Hill: available for download here
- Literata: available for download here
- Lucida Bright: bundled with Microsoft Office; available for download here
- Lulo Clean: available for download here
- Optima: bundled with Mac OS X; available for download here
- Palatino: bundled with Mac OS X and Windows 11
- Proxima Nova: bundled with Mac OS X; available for download here
- Rockwell: bundled with Mac OS X; available for download here
- Satoshi: available for download here
- Supreme: available for download here
- U001Con: available for download here
- Work Sans: available for download here
-
MN Create Title Page:
- Before running this plug-in, make sure you have the default box (‘vertical frame’) at the top of your first page of music with the correct title, subtitle (e.g. ‘for string quartet’) and your/the composer’s name. The plug-in will use this information to create a new, styled title page.
- Adding an image can be another nice touch. Once you’ve created your title page, right-click anywhere in the title page frame and choose Add→Image, then select an image from your hard-drive. Once added, you’ll need to resize the image (in Properties) and drag it into the correct location.
-
MN Make Recommended Layout Changes:
- You can run this plug-in at any time; however, it’s recommended that you have added all of the instruments you will need, and have at least two systems of music entered.
-
Please send all feedback, feature requests and bug reports to michael.norris@vuw.ac.nz
-
For bug reports, especially the ‘non-completion bugs’ mentioned above (i.e. the final dialog box does not show), please send me your MuseScore file and the name of the plug-in.
This project is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v3.0.
See LICENSE for details.