[smufl-discuss] Re: 2 more recommendations

[dspreadbury]

Mark wrote:

> Would you consider re-naming U+E056 as a C clef? Here is an example of
it
> in use from the Sacred Harp:
>
>
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/69745698/C%20clef%2C%20dotted%20bar%20l

> ine.pdf
>
> True, the effect of the clef is the same as a G clef ottava bass, but it
> is functioning as a C clef.

Sure.

> I'd also like to propose adding a bar line made up of four dots. These
can
> serve a number of purposes. In 19th shape-note notation, they are
commonly
> used as repeat signs (see example above). I have also seen this style
used
>  to show how a measure should be subdivided in an odd meter.

We already have a dotted barline glyph in the 'Barlines' range, and we're
not specifying how many dots should be used. So if it would be
stylistically appropriate for a font to use four dots, that's fine.
Alternatively, if this is not actually a dotted barline itself but rather
a convention whereby four dots are used instead of two for repeat
barlines, I would suggest that again it is up to the font designer to use
four dots rather than two for the glyphs in the 'Repeats' range, or at
most to implement these four-dot versions as recommended stylistic
alternates.

Daniel

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