: What are the common fonts used in music? I'm looking for the typical fonts appearing in classical music scores, like the ones here: where you can see some Allegretto, and also a leggiero,

@Merenda852

One of the more popular music notation software programs is Finale (at least that was the case when I was in high school). Finale is bundled with a bunch of fonts that you'll recognize if you use sheet music with any kind of regularity:


Broadway Copyist Font
Engraver Font
Finale Alpha Notes Font
Finale Copyist Text Font
Finale Lyrics Font
Finale Mallets Font
Finale Numerics Font
Finale Percussion Font
Jazz Font
Maestro Font


These cover pretty much all musical notation you could ask for. For lettering specifically, look to these:

Finale Copyist Text


JazzText


Broadway Copyist Text


MaestroTimes


Not sure if these exact fonts are available for licensing outside of the software.

Reference:

Finale Character Sets

Finale Alternative Music Fonts

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@Alves566

It's not difficult to find some "jazz fonts" in the internet:

Sibelius software uses Jazz Inkpen:



Also: JazzFont.com.

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@Chiappetta793

I believe that the "Allegretto" is a bold Times New Roman.

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