My name is Paul Landers, I live in Apex, NC. This site is just a basic personal homepage, with information about myself and my personal projects and hobbies. I am a professional software developer, and also enjoy playing the bagpipes and woodworking. Read more about what I am up to on my Now Page.
Latest Blog Post: Music Engraving
I have "in-housed" the musical engraving component of my bag notation tool./ 27 Oct 2026 /External engraving
Whenever I have researched musical engraving, I have always found advice not to try to “roll your own”, as it’s very complicated and has lots of edge cases. So, I have so far avoided doing just that, for my bagpipe notation format. Instead, it has used a rendering …
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Highlighted Posts:
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Axial Core Typeface: Axial Core is a custom typeface created for handwriting, focused on reducing the number of distinct shapes.
/ 12 Apr 2026 / -
Bag Notation: A status update on my bagpipe music notation language.
/ 28 Feb 2025 / -
Some Knots Worth Tying: I describe some knots that I like, and perhaps why you should as well.
/ 29 Aug 2024 / -
Making Bagpipes: Learning to use machine lathes at MacLellan Bagpipes.
/ 11 Mar 2023 /