Tab

If you're looking for a typesetter specifically for lute tablature in French and Italian notation for renaissance and baroque lutes and theorboes, Tab might be the perfect software for you. Although it's developed on the linux operating system, it can run on many computers. It's important to note that Tab is a command line program, so you won't be able to use the mouse to navigate.

In order to use Tab, you'll need to use it in conjunction with a word processor or editor program and a PostScript display/printing program, such as Ghostview. You'll be editing a plain text file with special commands to enter the lute tablature, and then running Tab to convert that input into PostScript output that you can print or display with the right program.

One of the benefits of Tab is that the programmer hasn't spent their time on a fancy user interface. This has allowed them to extend the formatting capabilities of the program. Although there are other tablature programs out there, you can use them to enter music and save in tab format to take advantage of Tab's high-quality fonts and proportional spacing.

Overall, if you're looking for a typesetter for lute tablature, Tab might be the right choice for you. Although it does require a bit of extra set up, its powerful capabilities make it worth considering.