Combine multiple Musescores to create a PDF book for publishing
I would like to create a professional book in PDF format for publishing:
- Combine multiple v3 Musescores
- Cover page
- Table of contents
- PDF index with links to jump to the song
- including page number
- High resolution PDF (360dpi)
What is the best way to do this?
Page https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/albums describes:
The Album feature has been disabled for 3.x. It will come back in 4.0.
I assume it is not implemented yet in version 4 nightly build?
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Because MuseScore can't do a table of contents with linkage within a PDF I think your best option at this point is to use a DTP/PDF software to assemble the completed PDF and perhaps even create your cover page in there.
As for DPI: MuseScore should use vector information when exporting a score to PDF, so that should be perfectly fine; but do check the DPI export settings in the Preferences for eventual images that might be embedded.
In reply to Because MuseScore can't do a… by jeetee
Thanks for your fast reply. External DTP/PDF software looks like the best way forward. Then I've full control over the document format. I found the Edwin font on Github and can be used in DTP/PDF software to create a consistent formatted document.
The export formats are:
Is text such as lyrics searchable when exporting to SVG, or is this information lost?
In reply to Thanks for your fast reply… by bobvisser
A quick test shows that SVG changed a staff text to a vector-path.
I believe this is done to guarantee identical visuals in case custom fonts are used.
In reply to A quick test shows that SVG… by jeetee
> A quick test shows that SVG changed a staff text to a vector-path.
Yes, you're right: Opening a SVG file with Inkskape shows the text in vector-path and is not searchable. Text looks like only searchable when exporting from Musescore to PDF format. There is external tooling needed to combine multiple PDF's and add a title, TOC, header/footer with page numbering afterwards.
With your DTP/PDF suggestion, I found a related topic to create a book: https://musescore.org/en/node/323901, but contains different workflows and personal preferences.
I'll check if Latex can be used to process a large batch of exported PDF files to a single book in PDF, preferably automated with some scripting.
In reply to > A quick test shows that… by bobvisser
I've created a simple songbook using Latex on Ubuntu which fulfills all my requirements:
For the future: Convert a large amount of Musescores automatically to a PDF book via a Python script.
Please find attached an example piano-book.pdf, created from some public available (random) scores which allows sharing. Scores are upgraded using Edwin font, title is changed to invisible and header/footer disabled then exported to PDF.
To build from source latex-source.zip:
In reply to I've created a simple… by bobvisser
Ah, nice, pretty much what I described in https://musescore.org/en/node/323901#comment-1092610 without having yet actually had the time to do it. Good to know
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works for this (I’m still unsure whether it’ll be my tool of choice, but…) and thanks for the update!In reply to I've created a simple… by bobvisser
Many thanks for sharing your latex script, it will certainly help me and many others