Dear all-
(This is my first post to the SMUFL-discuss list. Apologies if this question
has been asked and answered elsewhere; a preliminary search didn't turn up
anything.)
I know that the SMUFL project is intended primarily for use in music layout
programs, but that Bravura Text is meant for use in running text. I'm a music
theorist, and we often have need for doing exactly that. From what I
understand, though, the glyphs are sized so that the staff comes out to be the
height of a capital letter, and everything else is scaled accordingly.
While I understand this need, I was wondering if you all had considered
including large-sized accidentals in the text font. By that, I mean
accidentals scaled to the size of a normal character (the flat glyph would be
roughly the same size as a lowercase "b," for example), so that the font could
be used in phrases like "the interval from C# to Eb is a diminished third."
I only ask because there's currently not really a good solution to this
problem. Many of the theorists I know are using Matthew Hindson's
ScaleDegreesTimes font (which is excellent, but the kerning leaves a bit to be
desired and it doesn't seem to be OpenType), or ancient versions of fonts that
have been converted 10 times and don't work on more than one machine. I think
if the SMUFL project considered adding them (and perhaps scale-degree
numbers), you could finally solve this problem.
Incidentally, I'm also one of the editoral assistants for Music Theory Online
(
http://www.mtosmt.org), and we are rethinking the way we display accidentals
and whatnot. If these glyphs were in Bravura Text, it would go a long way
towards solving that problem too.
Again, I apologize if this has been brought up and dismissed (or accepted! I
couldn't find anything) before. I look forward to hearing thoughts from the
list.
Sincerely,
Michael
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Michael McClimon
Lecturer, Music Theory, Furman University
PhD Candidate, Music Theory, Indiana University
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