Serif fonts are more visually compatible with music notation objects.
(EB Garamond)
Sans serif fonts visually clash with music notation symbols.
(Helvetica)
This just looks weird.
Fonts with thin strokes create a “dazzling” effect (when portions of the letters disappear at small sizes).
This is much better.
Related Fonts
EB Garamond
Junicode
Libre Baskerville
Libre Caslon
Linux Libertine
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