I agree that we need a separate category for shape-notes for the reasons that Mark enumerated.
In addition, I would like to express the opinion that I hope that Mark's colleague at MakeMusic, Michael Good, is working closely with him so that the font issues and MusicXML issues are being resolved in a cooperative manner.
MusicXML, for example, provides a way of specifying noteheads based on the sol-fa attribute. For example:
<notehead>mi</notehead>
This enables the creator of the MusicXML file to distinguish between noteheads that were designed as shape-note noteheads as opposed to noteheads that are specified by generic shape, such as:
<notehead>diamond</notehead>
Regards,
George Litterst
On Jun 5, 2013, at 11:27 AM, Adler, Mark wrote:
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> On 6/3/13 10:40 AM, "Daniel Spreadbury" <
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>>> I would suggest a category for shape-notes. While these noteheads are
>>> similar to the geometric noteheads found in Noteheads, they typically
>> are
>>> heavier and more stylized in dedicated shape-note fonts.
>>
>> Okay, though as far as I know many of the shaped noteheads in the existing
>> range are only ever used for shape note music, so I would be wary of
>> unnecessary duplication. Perhaps it would be more correct to embolden or
>> modify some of the shapes in the existing range instead?
>>
>
> Here is a set of shape note noteheads. As noted above, many of these
> geometric shapes are already in the font. Most of these geometric glyphs
> are fairly commonly used in percussion notation. A percussionist would
> expect to see characters similar to those you have included in Bravura, or
> what we ship in Maestro. Noteheads used in shape-note publications
> generally are heavier and more stylized, not just bolded. Since each shape
> denotes a pitch, these glyphs really do signify something different than
> their percussion counterpart.
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>
https://www.dropbox.com/sc/nq5fr2qkd6yn5gu/j3hmcU5oqK>
> Mark Adler
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